Where does “kevätpuu” come from?

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

kevätpuu (Finnish): spring wood

Definitions

  1. spring wood

Ancestry of “kevätpuu”, step by step

kevätpuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish kevät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkevätspring, springtime
2Proto-Finnickevätspring
3Proto-Uralickeŋäspring
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →