Where does “puuvarsi” come from?

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

puuvarsi (Finnish): wooden stem

Definitions

  1. wooden stem

Ancestry of “puuvarsi”, step by step

puuvarsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish varsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarsistalk; handle or haft of some tools; chiefly a...
2Proto-Finnicvarcistalk of a plant
3Proto-Finno-Permicwarte—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →