Where does “puutuhka” come from?

puutuhka (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuhka, from Proto-Finnic tuhka, from Proto-Germanic tuskijaną, from Proto-Indo-European dh₂uske-.

puutuhka (Finnish): wood ash

Definitions

  1. wood ash

Ancestry of “puutuhka”, step by step

puutuhka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuhka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuhkaash
2Proto-Finnictuhkaash
3Proto-Germanictuskijanąto burn, be burning
4Proto-Indo-Europeandh₂uske-—

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dh₂uske- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tuskijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhka →