Where does “puunkolo” come from?

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

puunkolo (Finnish): tree hollow

Definitions

  1. tree hollow

Ancestry of “puunkolo”, step by step

puunkolo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish kolo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolohole; groove; notch, indentation
2Proto-Finnickolohole
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickolɜ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →