Where does “zeniittikaukoputki” come from?

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

zeniittikaukoputki (Finnish): zenith telescope

Definitions

  1. zenith telescope

Ancestry of “zeniittikaukoputki”, step by step

zeniittikaukoputki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaukoputki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkaukoputkiA telescope
2Finnishputkitube, pipe; duct, conduit; barrel
3Proto-Finnicpuckiplant with a hollow stem, especially various plants of genus Angelica
4Proto-Uralicpučkehollow plant stalk

via Finnish zeniitti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishzeniittizenith
Every word from Proto-Uralic pučke →Every word from Proto-Finnic pucki →Every word from Finnish putki →