Where does “puupohja” come from?

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

puupohja (Finnish): wooden base, wooden bottom

Definitions

  1. wooden base, wooden bottom

Ancestry of “puupohja”, step by step

puupohja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →