Where does “puunhaara” come from?

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

puunhaara (Finnish): tree fork

Definitions

  1. tree fork

Ancestry of “puunhaara”, step by step

puunhaara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish haara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaarabranch; fork, bifurcation; offshoot
2Proto-Finnichaarabranch
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →