Where does “jalopuu” come from?

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

jalopuu (Finnish): hardwood, noble wood, precious wood

Definitions

  1. hardwood, noble wood, precious wood

Ancestry of “jalopuu”, step by step

jalopuu 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 →