Where does “sellupuu” come from?

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

sellupuu (Finnish): pulpwood, wood that will be made into chemical paper pulp

Definitions

  1. pulpwood, wood that will be made into chemical paper pulp

Ancestry of “sellupuu”, step by step

sellupuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish sellu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsellucellulose, pulp
2Finnishselluloosacellulose; pulp made of cellulose fibres
Every word from Proto-Uralic puweEvery word from Proto-Finnic puuEvery word from Finnish puu
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