Where does “kestopuu” come from?

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

kestopuu (Finnish): impregnated wood

Definitions

  1. impregnated wood

Ancestry of “kestopuu”, step by step

kestopuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish kesto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkestodurability; duration; permanent, durable
2Finnishkestääto cope, stand, withstand, endure, hold up; to...
3Proto-Finnickestädäkto last, endure
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