Where does “mantopuu” come from?

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

mantopuu (Finnish): sapwood wood just under the bark of a stem or branch

Definitions

  1. sapwood wood just under the bark of a stem or branch

Ancestry of “mantopuu”, step by step

mantopuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish manto

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