Where does “virtsaputki” come from?

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

virtsaputki (Finnish): urethra

Definitions

  1. urethra

Ancestry of “virtsaputki”, step by step

virtsaputki 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 virtsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtsaurine
2Proto-Finnicvirccaslurry

Words derived from “virtsaputki”

Every word from Proto-Uralic pučke →Every word from Proto-Finnic pucki →Every word from Finnish putki →
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