Where does “kotitarvepuu” come from?

kotitarvepuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kotitarve, from Finnish koti, from Proto-Finnic kotei, from Proto-Finnic kota, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota, from Proto-Uralic kota — hut, tent, tepee.

kotitarvepuu (Finnish): wood for domestic needs, wood for household use

Definitions

  1. wood for domestic needs, wood for household use

Ancestry of “kotitarvepuu”, step by step

kotitarvepuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kotitarve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotitarvedomestic need, subsistence
2Finnishkotihome
3Proto-Finnickoteihome
4Proto-Finnickotatent, hut
5Proto-Finno-Ugrickotatent, hut, house
6Proto-Uralickotahut, tent, tepee

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic kota →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota →Every word from Proto-Finnic kota →