Where does “kesäpuu” come from?

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

kesäpuu (Finnish): summer wood

Definitions

  1. summer wood

Ancestry of “kesäpuu”, step by step

kesäpuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish kesä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkesäsummer; fallow; Abbreviation of kesäkuu
2Proto-Finnickesäsummer; fallow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ós-r—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →