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

puuseppä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish seppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseppäsmith, blacksmith; click beetle
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*seppä—
3Proto-Uralicśeppäskilled

Words derived from “puuseppä”

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