Where does “puukuitulevy” come from?

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

puukuitulevy (Finnish): wood fibre board

Definitions

  1. wood fibre board

Ancestry of “puukuitulevy”, step by step

puukuitulevy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puukuitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuukuituwoodgrain, wood fiber
2Finnishpuutree; wood
3Proto-Finnicpuutree
4Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish levy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlevyplate; board; slab
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →