Where does “puuntaimi” come from?

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

puuntaimi (Finnish): tree sapling

Definitions

  1. tree sapling

Ancestry of “puuntaimi”, step by step

puuntaimi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish Taimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTaimisapling young tree, taller than a seedling
2Finnishtaimisapling; seedling; Third-person singular...
3Proto-Finnictaimiyoung plant; seedling
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →