Where does “jalkapuu” come from?

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

jalkapuu (Finnish): stocks

Definitions

  1. stocks

Ancestry of “jalkapuu”, step by step

jalkapuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →