Where does “niisipuu” come from?

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

niisipuu (Finnish): a type of heddle stand

Definitions

  1. a type of heddle stand

Ancestry of “niisipuu”, step by step

niisipuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish niisi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniisiheddle, heald; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnicniiciheddle
3Proto-Finnicniiti—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →
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