Where does “villiomenapuu” come from?

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

villiomenapuu (Finnish): A wild apple tree, wild apple

Definitions

  1. A wild apple tree, wild apple

Ancestry of “villiomenapuu”, step by step

villiomenapuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish villiomena

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvilliomenaA wild apple tree, wild apple; A wild apple
2Finnishvilliwild; savage; feral
3Old Swedishviller—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →