Where does “puupino” come from?

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

puupino (Finnish): woodpile

Definitions

  1. woodpile

Ancestry of “puupino”, step by step

puupino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish pino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpinostack, pile; stack
2Proto-Finnicpinowoodpile; stack, pile
3Proto-Germanicfīnōheap
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →