Where does “pähkinäpuu” come from?

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

pähkinäpuu (Finnish): walnut tree, wood

Definitions

  1. walnut tree, wood

Ancestry of “pähkinäpuu”, step by step

pähkinäpuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish pähkinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpähkinänut; hazel; puzzle, riddle; difficult problem,...
2Proto-Finno-Permicpäškɜ—

Words derived from “pähkinäpuu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →
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