Where does “tarvepuu” come from?

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

tarvepuu (Finnish): timber, wood; specifically wood used for other practical purposes than as fuel/firewood

Definitions

  1. timber, wood; specifically wood used for other practical purposes than as fuel/firewood

Ancestry of “tarvepuu”, step by step

tarvepuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish tarve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarveneed; demand
2Proto-Finnictarbeh—
3Proto-Germanicþarbizuseful
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →
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