Where does “puukenguru” come from?
puukenguru (Finnish) comes from Finnish puu, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.
puukenguru (Finnish): tree kangaroo
Ancestry of “puukenguru”, step by step
puukenguru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puu | tree; wood |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | puu | tree |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | puwe | tree, wood |
via Finnish kenguru
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kenguru | kangaroo |
| 2 | English | kangaroo | A member of the Macropodidae family of large... |
| 3 | Guugu Yimidhirr | gangurru | large grey or black kangaroo |
Words derived from “puukenguru”