Where does “putkijalka” come from?

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

putkijalka (Finnish): hollow round leg, tube leg on a table, etc

Definitions

  1. hollow round leg, tube leg on a table, etc

Ancestry of “putkijalka”, step by step

putkijalka 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 jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pučke →Every word from Proto-Finnic pucki →Every word from Finnish putki →
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