Where does “kuitupuu” come from?

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

kuitupuu (Finnish): pulpwood

Definitions

  1. pulpwood

Ancestry of “kuitupuu”, step by step

kuitupuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish kuitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuitufiber, fibre; filament; Short for ravintokuitu
2Proto-Finnickuitu(flax) fibre/fiber
3Proto-Finno-Permickujčɜ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →