Where does “konepuuseppä” come from?

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

konepuuseppä (Finnish): woodworking machine operator

Definitions

  1. woodworking machine operator

Ancestry of “konepuuseppä”, step by step

konepuuseppä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puuseppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuseppäcarpenter, especially one who makes furniture and...
2Finnishpuutree; wood
3Proto-Finnicpuutree
4Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →