Where does “pintapuu” come from?

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

pintapuu (Finnish): sapwood wood just under the bark of a stem or branch

Definitions

  1. sapwood wood just under the bark of a stem or branch

Ancestry of “pintapuu”, step by step

pintapuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish pinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpintasurface
2Proto-Finnicpintasurface; sapwood; fat
3Proto-Germanicspindazfat; lard; grease; smear; marrow
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →