Where does “puunenä” come from?

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

puunenä (Finnish): A symbol of a liar; a person may be said to have...

Definitions

  1. A symbol of a liar; a person may be said to have...

Ancestry of “puunenä”, step by step

puunenä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish nenä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnenänose; rhinarium, nose leather
2Proto-Finnicnenänose
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →