Where does “savukaasu” come from?

savukaasu (Finnish) comes from Finnish savu, from Proto-Finnic savu, from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe.

savukaasu (Finnish): flue gas

Definitions

  1. flue gas

Ancestry of “savukaasu”, step by step

savukaasu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish savu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsavusmoke; a residential building with a chimney, a...
2Proto-Finnicsavu—
3Proto-Finno-Permicsawe—

via Finnish kaasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe →Every word from Proto-Finnic savu →Every word from Finnish savu →
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