Where does “puutiainen” come from?

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

puutiainen (Finnish): any tick of the family Ixodidae, especially any...

Definitions

  1. any tick of the family Ixodidae, especially any...

Ancestry of “puutiainen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “puutiainen”

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