Where does “santelipuu” come from?

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

santelipuu (Finnish): sandalwood

Definitions

  1. sandalwood

Ancestry of “santelipuu”, step by step

santelipuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish santeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsantelisandalwood; the genus "Santalum"
2Swedishsandel—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →