Where does “koolapuu” come from?

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

koolapuu (Finnish): cola, kola tropical tree of the genus Cola, two of which are cultivated for their caffeine-rich seeds

Definitions

  1. cola, kola tropical tree of the genus Cola, two of which are cultivated for their caffeine-rich seeds

Ancestry of “koolapuu”, step by step

koolapuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish Cola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishCola—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →