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Where does “puunleikkaus” come from?

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

puunleikkaus (Finnish): wood carving

Definitions

  1. wood carving

Ancestry of “puunleikkaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →