Where does “viemäriputki” come from?

viemäriputki (Finnish) comes from Finnish viemäri, from Finnish viedä, from Proto-Finnic veedäk, from Proto-Uralic wixe- — to bring, to take somewhere.

viemäriputki (Finnish): sewer pipe

Definitions

  1. sewer pipe

Ancestry of “viemäriputki”, step by step

viemäriputki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viemäri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviemärisewer; drain, drainage, plughole
2Finnishviedäto take away, take, bring away
3Proto-Finnicveedäkto take, take away
4Proto-Uralicwixe-to bring, to take somewhere

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
Every word from Proto-Uralic wixe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic veedäk →Every word from Finnish viedä →