Where does “hikkoripuu” come from?

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

hikkoripuu (Finnish): hickory

Definitions

  1. hickory

Ancestry of “hikkoripuu”, step by step

hikkoripuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish hikkori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhikkorihickory
2EnglishhickoryOf or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood;...
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