Where does “appelsiinipuu” come from?

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

appelsiinipuu (Finnish): orange tree

Definitions

  1. orange tree

Ancestry of “appelsiinipuu”, step by step

appelsiinipuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish appelsiini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishappelsiiniorange
2Swedishappelsinorange
3DutchappelsineChinese apple; apple from China
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →