Where does “pitkospuu” come from?

pitkospuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitkokset, from Finnish pitkä, from Proto-Finnic pitkä, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

pitkospuu (Finnish): duckboard, bog board, puncheon, bog bridge;...

Definitions

  1. duckboard, bog board, puncheon, bog bridge;...

Ancestry of “pitkospuu”, step by step

pitkospuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitkokset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitkokset—
2Finnishpitkälong; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko
3Proto-Finnicpitkälong; tall
4Proto-Uralicpidetall
5Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
6Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
7Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →