Where does “jalopuinen” come from?

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

jalopuinen (Finnish): made of hardwood

Definitions

  1. made of hardwood

Ancestry of “jalopuinen”, step by step

jalopuinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish jalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalonoble; fine, refined
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →