Where does “karvasputki” come from?

karvasputki (Finnish) comes from Finnish putki, from Proto-Finnic pucki, from Proto-Uralic pučke — hollow plant stalk.

karvasputki (Finnish): laserwort plant of genus

Definitions

  1. laserwort plant of genus

Ancestry of “karvasputki”, step by step

karvasputki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish putki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishputkitube, pipe; duct, conduit; barrel
2Proto-Finnicpuckiplant with a hollow stem, especially various plants of genus Angelica
3Proto-Uralicpučkehollow plant stalk

via Finnish karvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvasbitter; a type of boat used to drag a seine
2Proto-Finnickarvasbitter
3Proto-Germanicharwaz—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pučke →Every word from Proto-Finnic pucki →Every word from Finnish putki →