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

Definitions

  1. wood chips

Ancestry of “puuhake”, step by step

puuhake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish hake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakewoodchips as mass, e.g. when used as fuel
2Finnishhakatato hit something repeatedly, as a nail with a...
3Proto-Finnichak'at'ak
Every word from Proto-Uralic puweEvery word from Proto-Finnic puuEvery word from Finnish puu
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