Where does “puu-uuni” come from?

puu-uuni (Finnish) comes from Finnish uuni, from Old Swedish ughn, from Old Norse ofn, from Proto-Germanic uhnaz, from Proto-Indo-European aukw- — cooking pot.

puu-uuni (Finnish): wood-burning oven, wood-fired oven

Definitions

  1. wood-burning oven, wood-fired oven

Ancestry of “puu-uuni”, step by step

puu-uuni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uuni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuunioven; stove; furnace
2Old Swedishughnoven
3Old Norseofn—
4Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
5Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aukw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic uhnaz →Every word from Old Norse ofn →