Where does “puuhaku” come from?

puuhaku (Finnish) comes from Finnish haku, from Finnish hakea, from Proto-Finnic hakedak, from Proto-Germanic sākija-.

puuhaku (Finnish): tree search, tree lookup

Definitions

  1. tree search, tree lookup

Ancestry of “puuhaku”, step by step

puuhaku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish haku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakusearch; applying, application
2FinnishhakeaTo retrieve, get, fetch; To search; To apply
3Proto-Finnichakedakto pick; to fetch; to gather, to collect
4Proto-Germanicsākija-—

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Germanic sākija- →Every word from Proto-Finnic hakedak →Every word from Finnish hakea →