Where does “pykäläpuu” come from?

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

pykäläpuu (Finnish): tally stick notched piece of wood used for keeping an account

Definitions

  1. tally stick notched piece of wood used for keeping an account

Ancestry of “pykäläpuu”, step by step

pykäläpuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish pykälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpykäläA notch, a dent or a nick; A section, paragraph,...
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →