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

puunleikkaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish leikkaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkauscut, cutting; operation, surgery; perioperative
2Finnishleikatato cut; to incise; to mow
3Proto-Finnicleik'at'akto cut
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →