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

  1. treeness, likeness to a tree; woodiness, likeness...

Ancestry of “puumaisuus”, step by step

puumaisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puumainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuumainenresembling wood or a tree; woody; treelike
2Finnishpuutree; wood
3Proto-Finnicpuutree
4Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →