Where does “puunjuuri” come from?

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

puunjuuri (Finnish): tree root

Definitions

  1. tree root

Ancestry of “puunjuuri”, step by step

puunjuuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish juuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuuriroot; Short for taikinajuuri; a zero of a...
2Proto-Finnicjuuriroot
3Proto-Finno-Permicjure—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →