Where does “puukuja” come from?

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

puukuja (Finnish): tree alley

Definitions

  1. tree alley

Ancestry of “puukuja”, step by step

puukuja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish kuja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkujaalley
2Proto-Finnickujafenced path
3Proto-Germanickwījā—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →