Where does “putkihämähäkki” come from?

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

putkihämähäkki (Finnish): purseweb spider, atypical tarantula spider of the family Atypidae, that builds a silken tube close to the ground

Definitions

  1. purseweb spider, atypical tarantula spider of the family Atypidae, that builds a silken tube close to the ground

Ancestry of “putkihämähäkki”, step by step

putkihämähäkki 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 Finnish hämähäkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhämähäkkispider
Every word from Proto-Uralic pučke →Every word from Proto-Finnic pucki →Every word from Finnish putki →