Where does “lehtipuu” come from?

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

lehtipuu (Finnish): hardwood; deciduous tree

Definitions

  1. hardwood; deciduous tree

Ancestry of “lehtipuu”, step by step

lehtipuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—

Words derived from “lehtipuu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →