Where does “pajupuu” come from?

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

pajupuu (Finnish): willow tree

Definitions

  1. willow tree

Ancestry of “pajupuu”, step by step

pajupuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish paju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpajuwillow
2Proto-Finnicpajuwillow
3Proto-Uralicpajiwwillow
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →