Where does “puumainen” come from?

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

puumainen (Finnish): resembling wood or a tree; woody; treelike

Definitions

  1. resembling wood or a tree; woody; treelike

Ancestry of “puumainen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “puumainen

Every word from Proto-Uralic puweEvery word from Proto-Finnic puuEvery word from Finnish puu