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Where does “puuseppä” come from?

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

puuseppä (Finnish): carpenter, especially one who makes furniture and...

Definitions

  1. carpenter, especially one who makes furniture and...

Ancestry of “puuseppä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “puuseppä”

  • hienopuuseppä
  • huonekalupuuseppä
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →