Where does “väliputki” come from?

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

väliputki (Finnish): intermediate pipe

Definitions

  1. intermediate pipe

Ancestry of “väliputki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishputkitube, pipe; duct, conduit; barrel
2Proto-Finnicpuckiplant with a hollow stem, especially various plants of genus Angelica
3Proto-Uralicpučkehollow plant stalk
Every word from Proto-Uralic pučke →Every word from Proto-Finnic pucki →Every word from Finnish putki →
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