Where does “puusohva” come from?

puusohva (Finnish) comes from Finnish sohva, from Swedish soffa, from English sofa, from French sofa — couch; sofa.

puusohva (Finnish): wooden sofa, wooden couch

Definitions

  1. wooden sofa, wooden couch

Ancestry of “puusohva”, step by step

puusohva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sohva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsohvasofa, couch
2Swedishsoffaa couch, a sofa
3EnglishsofaA raised area of a building's floor, usually...
4Frenchsofacouch; sofa

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from French sofa →Every word from English sofa →Every word from Swedish soffa →