Where does “mansikkapuu” come from?

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

mansikkapuu (Finnish): strawberry tree

Definitions

  1. strawberry tree

Ancestry of “mansikkapuu”, step by step

mansikkapuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish mansikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmansikkastrawberry
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*mancikka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →