Where does “puu” come from?

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

puu (Finnish): tree; wood

Definitions

  1. tree; wood

Ancestry of “puu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpuutree
2Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

Words derived from “puu

Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe