Where does “puukanki” come from?

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

puukanki (Finnish): wooden pole, wooden rod e.g. one used as a lever

Definitions

  1. wooden pole, wooden rod e.g. one used as a lever

Ancestry of “puukanki”, step by step

puukanki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish kanki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkankibar
2Proto-Finnickankibar, lever
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →