Where does “kuusikuitupuu” come from?

kuusikuitupuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuusikuitu, from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

kuusikuitupuu (Finnish): spruce pulpwood

Definitions

  1. spruce pulpwood

Ancestry of “kuusikuitupuu”, step by step

kuusikuitupuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuusikuitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuusikuituspruce wood fiber
2Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
3Proto-Finnickuucisix
4Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →
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