Where does “luumupuu” come from?

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

luumupuu (Finnish): plum tree

Definitions

  1. plum tree

Ancestry of “luumupuu”, step by step

luumupuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish luumu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluumuplum
2Old Swedishplumon—

Words derived from “luumupuu”

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