Where does “havupuumetsä” come from?

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

havupuumetsä (Finnish): coniferous forest

Definitions

  1. coniferous forest

Ancestry of “havupuumetsä”, step by step

havupuumetsä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish havupuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhavupuuconiferous tree, conifer, softwood, softwood...
2Ingrianpuutree
3Proto-Finnicpuutree
4Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Ingrian puu →