Where does “puukapula” come from?

puukapula (Finnish) comes from Finnish kapula, from Dalmatian capula, from Latin cēpulla, from Latin -ulus — Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

puukapula (Finnish): wooden stick, wooden club

Definitions

  1. wooden stick, wooden club

Ancestry of “puukapula”, step by step

puukapula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kapula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkapulaa small, solid piece of wood, often shaped for a...
2Dalmatiancapulaonion
3Latincēpullaonion-bed, onion-field
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin cēpulla →Every word from Dalmatian capula →