Where does “nauhapuut” come from?

nauhapuut (Finnish) comes from Finnish nauha, from Proto-Finnic nauha — ribbon, band.

nauhapuut (Finnish): inkle loom

Definitions

  1. inkle loom

Ancestry of “nauhapuut”, step by step

nauhapuut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nauha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnauharibbon, band, string; lace, shoelace; tape
2Proto-Finnicnauharibbon, band

via Finnish puut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpuutNominative plural form of puu
Every word from Proto-Finnic nauha →Every word from Finnish nauha →
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