Where does “putkioja” come from?

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

putkioja (Finnish): pipe drain a drainage ditch that is enclosed in a drainage pipe

Definitions

  1. pipe drain a drainage ditch that is enclosed in a drainage pipe

Ancestry of “putkioja”, step by step

putkioja 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 oja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishojaditch, trench; small natural brook
2Proto-Slavicojethill, shaft
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oyHsos—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pučke →Every word from Proto-Finnic pucki →Every word from Finnish putki →