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Where does “metaanikaasu” come from?

metaanikaasu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaasu, from Proto-Uralic käsä — dew.

metaanikaasu (Finnish): methane gas

Definitions

  1. methane gas

Ancestry of “metaanikaasu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew
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