Where does “puujalka” come from?

puujalka (Finnish) comes from Ingrian jalka, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

puujalka (Finnish): wooden leg; stilt; charley horse

Definitions

  1. wooden leg; stilt; charley horse

Ancestry of “puujalka”, step by step

puujalka traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianjalkaleg
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Ingrian puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpuutree
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—

Words derived from “puujalka”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →