Where does “joulupuu” come from?

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

joulupuu (Finnish): Christmas tree

Definitions

  1. Christmas tree

Ancestry of “joulupuu”, step by step

joulupuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish joulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjouluChristmas; Abbreviation of joulukuu
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →