Where does “sydänpuu” come from?

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

sydänpuu (Finnish): heartwood, duramen

Definitions

  1. heartwood, duramen

Ancestry of “sydänpuu”, step by step

sydänpuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish sydän

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsydänheart; core; wick
2Proto-Finnicsüdänheart
3Proto-Uralicśüdämeheart
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →