Where does “puunlatva” come from?

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

puunlatva (Finnish): treetop, crown

Definitions

  1. treetop, crown

Ancestry of “puunlatva”, step by step

puunlatva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish latva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlatvatreetop; headwaters
2Proto-Finniclatvatreetop
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →