Where does “rautapuu” come from?

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

rautapuu (Finnish): Persian ironwood, "Parrotia persica"

Definitions

  1. Persian ironwood, "Parrotia persica"

Ancestry of “rautapuu”, step by step

rautapuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
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