Where does “puukottaa” come from?

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

puukottaa (Finnish): to stab; to knife; to stab or knife; to operate

Definitions

  1. to stab; to knife; to stab or knife; to operate

Ancestry of “puukottaa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “puukottaa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →
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