Where does “puuvillapuku” come from?

puuvillapuku (Finnish) comes from Finnish puuvilla, 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 — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.

puuvillapuku (Finnish): cotton suit, cotton outfit

Definitions

  1. cotton suit, cotton outfit

Ancestry of “puuvillapuku”, step by step

puuvillapuku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puuvilla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuvillacotton
2Finnishvillawool; villa
3FinnishVilhelmWilliam of foreign historical persons
4SwedishVilhelm—
5Old High GermanWillahelmWilliam
6Old High Germanhelmhelmet
7Proto-West Germanichelmhelmet
8Proto-Germanichelmazhelmet
9Proto-Germanichalmazhalm; stem; stalk; straw; hay
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱolh₂mosstalk
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₂-to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab

via Finnish puku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpukusuit set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers
2Zulumpuku—
3Proto-Bantu*pʊ́kʊ̀rat, mouse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱolh₂mos →Every word from Proto-Germanic halmaz →