Where does “setripuu” come from?

setripuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish setri, from Swedish ceder, from Latin cedrus, from Ancient Greek κέδρος — cedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil.

setripuu (Finnish): cedarwood

Definitions

  1. cedarwood

Ancestry of “setripuu”, step by step

setripuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish setri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsetricedar
2Swedishcedercedar
3Latincedrusthe juniper tree, Juniperus oxycedrus; cedar-oil,...
4Ancient Greekκέδροςcedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Ancient Greek κέδρος
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