Where does “puujaloste” come from?

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

puujaloste (Finnish): manufactured wood product

Definitions

  1. manufactured wood product

Ancestry of “puujaloste”, step by step

puujaloste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish jaloste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjalosteAny material, but especially a foodstuff,...
2FinnishjalostaaTo refine; To selectively breed
3Finnishjalonoble; fine, refined
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →