Where does “saippuapuu” come from?

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

saippuapuu (Finnish): soapbark, soap bark tree, Quillaja saponaria

Definitions

  1. soapbark, soap bark tree, Quillaja saponaria

Ancestry of “saippuapuu”, step by step

saippuapuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish saippua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaippuasoap
2Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...
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