Where does “puukko” come from?

puukko (English) comes from Finnish puukko, from Finnish puu, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.

puukko (English): A type of sharp, pointed knife of Nordic...

Definitions

  1. A type of sharp, pointed knife of Nordic...

Ancestry of “puukko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuukkohunting knife, puukko
2Finnishpuutree; wood
3Proto-Finnicpuutree
4Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →
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