Where does “puumaisuus” come from?
puumaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish puumainen, from Finnish puu, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.
puumaisuus (Finnish): treeness, likeness to a tree; woodiness, likeness...
Definitions
- treeness, likeness to a tree; woodiness, likeness...
Ancestry of “puumaisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | puumainen | — |
| 2 | Finnish | puu | tree; wood |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | puu | tree |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | puwe | tree, wood |