Where does “puuvilla” come from?

puuvilla (Finnish) comes from Finnish villa, from Finnish Vilhelm, from Swedish Vilhelm, from Old High German Willahelm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic helm, from Proto-Germanic helmaz, from Proto-Germanic halmaz — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.

puuvilla (Finnish): cotton

Definitions

  1. cotton

Ancestry of “puuvilla”, step by step

puuvilla traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish villa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvillawool; villa
2FinnishVilhelmWilliam of foreign historical persons
3SwedishVilhelm—
4Old High GermanWillahelmWilliam
5Old High Germanhelmhelmet
6Proto-West Germanichelmhelmet
7Proto-Germanichelmazhelmet
8Proto-Germanichalmazhalm; stem; stalk; straw; hay
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱolh₂mosstalk
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₂-to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab

via Ingrian puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpuutree
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via German Baumwolle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBaumwollecotton
2Middle High Germanboumwolle—

Words derived from “puuvilla”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱolh₂mos →Every word from Proto-Germanic halmaz →