Where does “honkapuu” come from?

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

honkapuu (Finnish): pinewood; gopher wood

Definitions

  1. pinewood; gopher wood

Ancestry of “honkapuu”, step by step

honkapuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish honka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhonkaA large pine tree with a straight trunk
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
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