Where does “viemäriputkisto” come from?

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

viemäriputkisto (Finnish): sewer piping, sewerage piping, sewer or sewerage pipes collectively

Definitions

  1. sewer piping, sewerage piping, sewer or sewerage pipes collectively

Ancestry of “viemäriputkisto”, step by step

viemäriputkisto 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 putkisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishputkistotubing
2Finnishputkitube, pipe; duct, conduit; barrel
3Proto-Finnicpuckiplant with a hollow stem, especially various plants of genus Angelica
4Proto-Uralicpučkehollow plant stalk
Every word from Proto-Uralic wixe- →