Where does “makkarapuu” come from?

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

makkarapuu (Finnish): sausage tree, Kigelia africana

Definitions

  1. sausage tree, Kigelia africana

Ancestry of “makkarapuu”, step by step

makkarapuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish makkara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmakkarasausage
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →