Where does “ryyppyputki” come from?

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

ryyppyputki (Finnish): drinking-bout, binge period of excessive consumption of alcohol, lasting at least days

Definitions

  1. drinking-bout, binge period of excessive consumption of alcohol, lasting at least days

Ancestry of “ryyppyputki”, step by step

ryyppyputki 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 ryyppy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishryyppydrink, dram, snifter; gulp, sip; primer
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic pučke →Every word from Proto-Finnic pucki →Every word from Finnish putki →