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

metaanikaasu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaasu

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

via Finnish metaani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetaanimethane
Every word from Proto-Uralic käsä →Every word from Finnish kaasu →