Where does “puuton” come from?

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

puuton (Finnish): treeless, bare free of trees

Definitions

  1. treeless, bare free of trees

Ancestry of “puuton”, step by step

puuton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish ton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtonGenitive singular form of toi; Accusative...
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →