Etymology Explorer › Finnish

Where does “pettu” come from?

pettu (Finnish) comes from Finnish petäjä, from Proto-Finnic petägä, from Proto-Uralic pečä — pine.

pettu (Finnish): phloem of a pine

Definitions

  1. phloem of a pine

Ancestry of “pettu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpetäjäpine; a large, lone pine tree
2Proto-Finnicpetägäpine
3Proto-Uralicpečäpine

Words derived from “pettu”

  • pettuleipä
Every word from Proto-Uralic pečä →