Where does “pärepuu” come from?

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

pärepuu (Finnish): a tree from which shakes or shingles are made

Definitions

  1. a tree from which shakes or shingles are made

Ancestry of “pärepuu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →