Where does “lehtipuusellu” come from?

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

lehtipuusellu (Finnish): hardwood pulp wood pulp or cellulose made by chemical means from hardwood, without any specific tree in particular

Definitions

  1. hardwood pulp wood pulp or cellulose made by chemical means from hardwood, without any specific tree in particular

Ancestry of “lehtipuusellu”, step by step

lehtipuusellu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lehtipuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehtipuuhardwood; deciduous tree
2Finnishpuutree; wood
3Proto-Finnicpuutree
4Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish sellu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsellucellulose, pulp
2Finnishselluloosacellulose; pulp made of cellulose fibres
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →