Where does “puupölkky” come from?

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

puupölkky (Finnish): block of wood

Definitions

  1. block of wood

Ancestry of “puupölkky”, step by step

puupölkky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish pölkky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpölkkylog, stock, block of wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →