Where does “voipuu” come from?

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

voipuu (Finnish): shea, shea tree; Vitellaria paradoxa

Definitions

  1. shea, shea tree; Vitellaria paradoxa

Ancestry of “voipuu”, step by step

voipuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish voi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoibutter; oh; third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnicvoibutter; oh, woe
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwajefat
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →