Where does “kitupuu” come from?

kitupuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kitu-, from Finnish kitua, from Proto-Finnic kitudak, from Proto-Uralic kičɜ — illness.

kitupuu (Finnish): stunted tree

Definitions

  1. stunted tree

Ancestry of “kitupuu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkitu-stunted
2Finnishkituato suffer pain
3Proto-Finnickitudakto suffer (for a long time) from pain or illness
4Proto-Uralickičɜillness
Every word from Proto-Uralic kičɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic kitudak →Every word from Finnish kitua →