Where does “putkirikko” come from?
putkirikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish putki, from Proto-Finnic pucki, from Proto-Uralic pučke — hollow plant stalk.
putkirikko (Finnish): pipe breakage, pipe rupture, pipe break, pipe breach
Definitions
- pipe breakage, pipe rupture, pipe break, pipe breach
Ancestry of “putkirikko”, step by step
putkirikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish putki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | putki | tube, pipe; duct, conduit; barrel |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pucki | plant with a hollow stem, especially various plants of genus Angelica |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | pučke | hollow plant stalk |
via Finnish rikko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rikko | breakage; saxifrage |
| 2 | Finnish | rikkoa | to break; to violate, breach; to offend, to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | rikkodak | to break; to ruin, to mar, to damage |