Where does “syttöpuu” come from?

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

syttöpuu (Finnish): kindling small piece of wood or twig used to start a fire

Definitions

  1. kindling small piece of wood or twig used to start a fire

Ancestry of “syttöpuu”, step by step

syttöpuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish syttö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyttö—
2Finnishsyttyäto ignite, be ignited, catch fire; to be turned...
3Finnishsyteäto strike fast, especially of striking two things...
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