Where does “puuvalmis” come from?

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

puuvalmis (Finnish): unpainted and untreated but otherwise finished

Definitions

  1. unpainted and untreated but otherwise finished

Ancestry of “puuvalmis”, step by step

puuvalmis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish valmis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalmiscompleted, finished; ready, poised, set up;...
2Proto-Finnicvalmisfinished, completed; ready
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →