Where does “puuhake” come from?
puuhake (Finnish) comes from Finnish puu, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.
puuhake (Finnish): wood chips
Ancestry of “puuhake”, step by step
puuhake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puu | tree; wood |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | puu | tree |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | puwe | tree, wood |
via Finnish hake
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hake | woodchips as mass, e.g. when used as fuel |
| 2 | Finnish | hakata | to hit something repeatedly, as a nail with a... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | hak'at'ak | — |