Where does “puuhiili” come from?

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

puuhiili (Finnish): charcoal

Definitions

  1. charcoal

Ancestry of “puuhiili”, step by step

puuhiili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish hiili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiilicoal; charcoal; carbon
2Proto-Finnichiilicharcoal; ember
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →