Where does “kamferipuu” come from?

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

kamferipuu (Finnish): camphor tree

Definitions

  1. camphor tree

Ancestry of “kamferipuu”, step by step

kamferipuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish kamferi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkamfericamphor
2Swedishkamfercamphor
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →