Where does “heisipuu” come from?

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

heisipuu (Finnish): viburnum

Definitions

  1. viburnum

Ancestry of “heisipuu”, step by step

heisipuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish heisi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishheisiviburnum
2Proto-Finnic*häiciflower
3Proto-Germanic*saidôband, fetter

Words derived from “heisipuu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →