Where does “mätänemiskaasu” come from?

mätänemiskaasu (Finnish) comes from Finnish mätäneminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

mätänemiskaasu (Finnish): decomposition gas, putrefaction gas

Definitions

  1. decomposition gas, putrefaction gas

Ancestry of “mätänemiskaasu”, step by step

mätänemiskaasu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mätäneminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmätäneminen
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish kaasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma