Where does “gastub” come from?

gastub (Swedish) comes from Swedish gås, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.

gastub (Swedish): a gas cylinder

Definitions

  1. a gas cylinder

Ancestry of “gastub”, step by step

gastub traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish gås

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgåsa goose
2Dutchgasgas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street
3Middle Dutchgasseunpaved street
4Middle High Germangazze—
5Old High Germangazzalane
6Proto-West Germanic*gatwā—
7Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂—

via Swedish tub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtuba tube (container)
2EnglishtubeAnything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape;...
3Middle Frenchtubeconduit; canal; pipe
4Latintubustube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices
5LatintubaA long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂ →