Where does “metsäpuu” come from?

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

metsäpuu (Finnish): forest tree

Definitions

  1. forest tree

Ancestry of “metsäpuu”, step by step

metsäpuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →
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