Where does “kasteluletku” come from?

kasteluletku (Finnish) comes from Finnish kastelu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

kasteluletku (Finnish): watering hose

Definitions

  1. watering hose

Ancestry of “kasteluletku”, step by step

kasteluletku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kastelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasteluirrigation; watering; wetting
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish letku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishletkuA hosepipe, hose
2Russianплёткаwhip
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish kastelu →