Where does “puuhuonekalu” come from?

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

puuhuonekalu (Finnish): (article of) wooden furniture

Definitions

  1. (article of) wooden furniture

Ancestry of “puuhuonekalu”, step by step

puuhuonekalu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish huonekalu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhuonekaluA piece of furniture
2Finnishhuoneroom; house; house, hall
3Proto-Finnichoonehbuilding; room
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →