Where does “puunoksa” come from?

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

puunoksa (Finnish): tree branch

Definitions

  1. tree branch

Ancestry of “puunoksa”, step by step

puunoksa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish oksa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoksabranch; bough; knot
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*oksa—
3Proto-Finno-Permicoksa—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →