Where does “pitot-putki” come from?

pitot-putki (Finnish) comes from Finnish putki, from Proto-Finnic pucki, from Proto-Uralic pučke — hollow plant stalk.

pitot-putki (Finnish): Pitot tube

Definitions

  1. Pitot tube

Ancestry of “pitot-putki”, step by step

pitot-putki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish putki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishputkitube, pipe; duct, conduit; barrel
2Proto-Finnicpuckiplant with a hollow stem, especially various plants of genus Angelica
3Proto-Uralicpučkehollow plant stalk

via English pitot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpitotA pitot head/pitot tube
Every word from Proto-Uralic pučke →Every word from Proto-Finnic pucki →Every word from Finnish putki →