Where does “kääpiöpuu” come from?

kääpiöpuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kääpiö, from Finnish -io, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

kääpiöpuu (Finnish): dwarf tree, bonsai tree

Definitions

  1. dwarf tree, bonsai tree

Ancestry of “kääpiöpuu”, step by step

kääpiöpuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kääpiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkääpiömidget, dwarf; dwarf star, dwarf
2Finnish-ioForms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms...
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →