Where does “tuppipuukko” come from?

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

tuppipuukko (Finnish): sheath knife

Definitions

  1. sheath knife

Ancestry of “tuppipuukko”, step by step

tuppipuukko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuukkohunting knife, puukko
2Finnishpuutree; wood
3Proto-Finnicpuutree
4Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish tuppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuppisheath; A card game popular in northern Finland,...
2Proto-Germanicduppazhollow, bowl
3Proto-Indo-European*dʰewb-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →