Where does “puusäle” come from?

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

puusäle (Finnish): wooden slat

Definitions

  1. wooden slat

Ancestry of “puusäle”, step by step

puusäle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish säle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsälesplinter; lath; slat
2FinnisheE note
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →