Where does “nuotiopuu” come from?

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

nuotiopuu (Finnish): firewood in or for a campfire

Definitions

  1. firewood in or for a campfire

Ancestry of “nuotiopuu”, step by step

nuotiopuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish nuotio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuotiocampfire, fire open fire, for example for cooking or heating
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