Where does “leipäpuu” come from?

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

leipäpuu (Finnish): A breadfruit tree

Definitions

  1. A breadfruit tree

Ancestry of “leipäpuu”, step by step

leipäpuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish leipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
2Proto-Finniclaipabread
3Proto-Germanichlaibazbread

Words derived from “leipäpuu”

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