Where does “mahaletku” come from?

mahaletku (Finnish) comes from Finnish maha, from Proto-Finnic maha — stomach, belly.

mahaletku (Finnish): nasogastric tube, gastric tube, stomach tube

Definitions

  1. nasogastric tube, gastric tube, stomach tube

Ancestry of “mahaletku”, step by step

mahaletku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmahabelly
2Proto-Finnicmahastomach, belly

via Finnish letku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishletkuA hosepipe, hose
2Russianплёткаwhip
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