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Where does “pakoputki” come from?

pakoputki (Finnish) comes from Finnish putki, from Finnish loisteputki, from Finnish loiste, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

pakoputki (Finnish): exhaust pipe

Definitions

  1. exhaust pipe

Ancestry of “pakoputki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishputkitube, pipe; duct, conduit; barrel
2Finnishloisteputkifluorescent lamp; strip light
3Finnishloisteshine
4Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
5Finnishhartiashoulder
6Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
7Greekχαρτίpaper
8Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
9Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
10Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

Words derived from “pakoputki”

  • pakoputkisto
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