Where does “uraputki” come from?

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

uraputki (Finnish): career path, career ladder

Definitions

  1. career path, career ladder

Ancestry of “uraputki”, step by step

uraputki 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 ura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuratrack, groove, rut; career; groove, slot, score
2Proto-Finnicuragroove
3Proto-Finno-Ugricura—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pučke →Every word from Proto-Finnic pucki →Every word from Finnish putki →
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