Where does “puutavara” come from?

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

puutavara (Finnish): lumber, timber, wood

Definitions

  1. lumber, timber, wood

Ancestry of “puutavara”, step by step

puutavara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish tavara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtavaragood, goods, ware, article; belongings, stuff;...
2Hungarian-áUsed to form the third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Uralic-i—

Words derived from “puutavara”

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