Where does “puukontuppi” come from?

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

puukontuppi (Finnish): knife sheath

Definitions

  1. knife sheath

Ancestry of “puukontuppi”, step by step

puukontuppi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puukko

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

via Finnish tuppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuppisheath; A card game popular in northern Finland,...
2Proto-Germanicduppazhollow, bowl
3Proto-Indo-European*dʰewb-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →