Where does “puuhuvila” come from?

puuhuvila (Finnish) comes from Finnish huvila, from Finnish huvi, from Finnish hupi, from Finnish hupa, from Proto-Finnic hupa, from Proto-Uralic čupa.

puuhuvila (Finnish): wooden villa

Definitions

  1. wooden villa

Ancestry of “puuhuvila”, step by step

puuhuvila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish huvila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuvilavilla
2Finnishhuviamusement, pleasure
3Finnishhupifun
4Finnishhupaquickly diminishing; funny
5Proto-Finnichupalean, thin
6Proto-Uralicčupa—

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic čupa →Every word from Proto-Finnic hupa →Every word from Finnish hupa →