Where does “viipsinpuu” come from?

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

viipsinpuu (Finnish): niddy-noddy

Definitions

  1. niddy-noddy

Ancestry of “viipsinpuu”, step by step

viipsinpuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish viipsiä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviipsiä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →