Where does “typpikaasu” come from?

typpikaasu (Finnish) comes from Finnish typpi, from Finnish typehtyä — to be extinguished.

typpikaasu (Finnish): nitrogen gas

Definitions

  1. nitrogen gas

Ancestry of “typpikaasu”, step by step

typpikaasu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish typpi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyppinitrogen
2Finnishtypehtyäto be extinguished

via Finnish kaasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew
Every word from Finnish typehtyä →Every word from Finnish typpi →