Where does “balsapuu” come from?

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

balsapuu (Finnish): balsa tree, balsa, Ochroma pyramidale

Definitions

  1. balsa tree, balsa, Ochroma pyramidale

Ancestry of “balsapuu”, step by step

balsapuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish balsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbalsabalsa wood
2Spanishbalsapool; raft; ferry
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →
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