Where does “puupala” come from?

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

puupala (Finnish): piece of wood

Definitions

  1. piece of wood

Ancestry of “puupala”, step by step

puupala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish pala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalapiece, bit; lump, chunk; block
2Proto-Finnicpalabit
3Proto-Uralicpalabit
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →