Where does “pihapuu” come from?

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

pihapuu (Finnish): yard tree

Definitions

  1. yard tree

Ancestry of “pihapuu”, step by step

pihapuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish piha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihayard; at sea
2Proto-Finnicpihayard
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →