Where does “puupinta” come from?

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

puupinta (Finnish): wooden surface, wood surface

Definitions

  1. wooden surface, wood surface

Ancestry of “puupinta”, step by step

puupinta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish pinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpintasurface
2Proto-Finnicpintasurface; sapwood; fat
3Proto-Germanicspindazfat; lard; grease; smear; marrow
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →