Where does “puuhuilu” come from?

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

puuhuilu (Finnish): Irish flute

Definitions

  1. Irish flute

Ancestry of “puuhuilu”, step by step

puuhuilu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish huilu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuiluflute
2Proto-Germanicsweglōflute
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →