Where does “puunrunko” come from?

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

puunrunko (Finnish): tree trunk

Definitions

  1. tree trunk

Ancestry of “puunrunko”, step by step

puunrunko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish runko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrunkotrunk; hull; body
2Proto-Finnicrunkabody, torso
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →