Where does “mahonkipuu” come from?

mahonkipuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish mahonki, from Swedish mahogny, from English mahogany, from Spanish mahogani, from Island Carib maga — mahogany.

mahonkipuu (Finnish): mahogany tree

Definitions

  1. mahogany tree

Ancestry of “mahonkipuu”, step by step

mahonkipuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mahonki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmahonkimahogany
2Swedishmahognymahogany
3EnglishmahoganyAny of various tropical American evergreen trees,...
4Spanishmahoganimahogany
5Island Caribmagamahogany

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Island Carib maga →Every word from Spanish mahogani →Every word from English mahogany →