Where does “vetykaasu” come from?
vetykaasu (Finnish) comes from Finnish vety, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.
vetykaasu (Finnish): hydrogen gas, gaseous hydrogen
Definitions
- hydrogen gas, gaseous hydrogen
Ancestry of “vetykaasu”, step by step
vetykaasu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vety
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vety | hydrogen; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |
via Finnish kaasu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaasu | gas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | käsä | dew |