Where does “kaukoputki” come from?

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

kaukoputki (Finnish): A telescope

Definitions

  1. A telescope

Ancestry of “kaukoputki”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kaukoputki”

Every word from Proto-Uralic pučke →Every word from Proto-Finnic pucki →Every word from Finnish putki →