Where does “puupelletti” come from?

puupelletti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pelletti, from English pellet, from Old French pelote, from Vulgar Latin pilotta, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom — to grind, to crush.

puupelletti (Finnish): wood pellet

Definitions

  1. wood pellet

Ancestry of “puupelletti”, step by step

puupelletti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pelletti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpellettipellet
2EnglishpelletA small, compressed, hard chunk of matter; A lead...
3Old Frenchpelotesmall ball
4Vulgar Latinpilotta
5Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
6Latinpīlusa hair
7Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
8Proto-Italicpistlom
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-Every word from Proto-Italic pistlom