Where does “puupalikka” come from?

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

puupalikka (Finnish): block of wood

Definitions

  1. block of wood

Ancestry of “puupalikka”, step by step

puupalikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish palikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalikkabrick; block; dongle used for copy protection
2Russianпа́лкаstick
3Proto-Slavicpalъkacane, stick
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →