Where does “jätepuu” come from?

jätepuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäte, from Finnish jättää, from Proto-Finnic jättädäk, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

jätepuu (Finnish): waste wood

Definitions

  1. waste wood

Ancestry of “jätepuu”, step by step

jätepuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jäte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjätewaste, garbage, rubbish
2Finnishjättääto leave; to take, drop off, deliver; to submit
3Proto-Finnicjättädäkto leave
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →Every word from Proto-Finnic jättädäk →