Where does “puulaatu” come from?

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

puulaatu (Finnish): wood type, wood variety

Definitions

  1. wood type, wood variety

Ancestry of “puulaatu”, step by step

puulaatu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish laatu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaatuquality; sort, kind
2Russianладharmony, concord; manner, way; mode; fret
3Proto-Slavicladъharmony, order
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →