Where does “karapuu” come from?

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

karapuu (Finnish): an upright wooden board on the sides of a door or window frame in a log house

Definitions

  1. an upright wooden board on the sides of a door or window frame in a log house

Ancestry of “karapuu”, step by step

karapuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish kara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaraa dried branch, rib of a leaf or other similar...
2Proto-Finnickara—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →