Where does “laskuputki” come from?
laskuputki (Finnish) comes from Finnish lasku, from Votic laskõa, from Proto-Finnic laskedak, from Proto-Uralic laćke-.
laskuputki (Finnish): drainpipe, gully, drain
Ancestry of “laskuputki”, step by step
laskuputki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lasku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lasku | descent, an instance of descending, sliding down... |
| 2 | Votic | laskõa | to let go, let loose, release |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | laskedak | to drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | laćke- | — |
via Finnish putki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | putki | tube, pipe; duct, conduit; barrel |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pucki | plant with a hollow stem, especially various plants of genus Angelica |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | pučke | hollow plant stalk |