Where does “pakokaasu” come from?
pakokaasu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pako, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
pakokaasu (Finnish): exhaust, exhaust gas
Ancestry of “pakokaasu”, step by step
pakokaasu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pako
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pako | flight; escape; hole, tear |
| 2 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish kaasu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaasu | gas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | käsä | dew |
Words derived from “pakokaasu”