Where does “puupuola” come from?

puupuola (Finnish) comes from Finnish Puola, from Swedish spole, from Old Norse spóla, from Proto-Germanic spōlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

puupuola (Finnish): wooden spool, reel or rung

Definitions

  1. wooden spool, reel or rung

Ancestry of “puupuola”, step by step

puupuola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Puola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPuolabobbin small spool
2Swedishspolea coil, a reel; an inductor
3Old Norsespóla—
4Proto-Germanicspōlǭspool; reel
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spōlǭ →Every word from Old Norse spóla →