Where does “pesimäpuu” come from?

pesimäpuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pesiä, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

pesimäpuu (Finnish): nesting tree

Definitions

  1. nesting tree

Ancestry of “pesimäpuu”, step by step

pesimäpuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pesiä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpesiäTo nest
2FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
3Finnishjaand; AND
4Proto-Finnicjaand
5Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
6Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
7Proto-Germanic-hwe—
8Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →