Where does “puukkoseppä” come from?

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

puukkoseppä (Finnish): A knifesmith who specializes in puukko-type hunting knives

Definitions

  1. A knifesmith who specializes in puukko-type hunting knives

Ancestry of “puukkoseppä”, step by step

puukkoseppä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuukkohunting knife, puukko
2Finnishpuutree; wood
3Proto-Finnicpuutree
4Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish seppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseppäsmith, blacksmith; click beetle
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*seppä—
3Proto-Uralicśeppäskilled
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →