Where does “puunkaato” come from?

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

puunkaato (Finnish): tree felling

Definitions

  1. tree felling

Ancestry of “puunkaato”, step by step

puunkaato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish kaato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaatofelling; killing; strike
2Finnishkaataato knock/tip/turn over, overturn, upset, knock down
3Proto-Finnickaatadakto overturn; to spill, to pour out
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →