Where does “puurunko” come from?

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

puurunko (Finnish): wooden frame

Definitions

  1. wooden frame

Ancestry of “puurunko”, step by step

puurunko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish runko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrunkotrunk; hull; body
2Proto-Finnicrunkabody, torso

Words derived from “puurunko”

Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →