Where does “maitopuu” come from?

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

maitopuu (Finnish): a plant of genus Brosimum

Definitions

  1. a plant of genus Brosimum

Ancestry of “maitopuu”, step by step

maitopuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish maito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaitomilk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk
2Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
3Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →