Where does “uppopuu” come from?

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

uppopuu (Finnish): snag

Definitions

  1. snag

Ancestry of “uppopuu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →