Where does “puunhakkaaja” come from?

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

puunhakkaaja (Finnish): hewer, woodcutter worker who cuts trees with an axe

Definitions

  1. hewer, woodcutter worker who cuts trees with an axe

Ancestry of “puunhakkaaja”, step by step

puunhakkaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish hakkaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakkaajabeater
2Finnishhakatato hit something repeatedly, as a nail with a...
3Proto-Finnichak'at'ak—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →