Where does “puukotus” come from?

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

puukotus (Finnish): stabbing, knifing

Definitions

  1. stabbing, knifing

Ancestry of “puukotus”, step by step

puukotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puukottaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuukottaato stab; to knife; to stab or knife; to operate
2Finnishpuukkohunting knife, puukko
3Finnishpuutree; wood
4Proto-Finnicpuutree
5Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “puukotus”

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