Where does “myrkkykaasu” come from?

myrkkykaasu (Finnish) comes from Finnish myrkky, from Proto-Finnic mürkkü, from Proto-Finnic merkkü.

myrkkykaasu (Finnish): poison gas

Definitions

  1. poison gas

Ancestry of “myrkkykaasu”, step by step

myrkkykaasu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myrkky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyrkkypoison; venom
2Proto-Finnicmürkküpoison
3Proto-Finnicmerkkü—

via Finnish kaasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew
Every word from Proto-Finnic merkkü →Every word from Proto-Finnic mürkkü →Every word from Finnish myrkky →
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