Where does “putkiharso” come from?

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

putkiharso (Finnish): tubular stockinette

Definitions

  1. tubular stockinette

Ancestry of “putkiharso”, step by step

putkiharso 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 harso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharsogauze; veil
2Finnisho—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pučke →Every word from Proto-Finnic pucki →Every word from Finnish putki →