Where does “yksipuinen” come from?

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

yksipuinen (Finnish): made from a single tree

Definitions

  1. made from a single tree

Ancestry of “yksipuinen”, step by step

yksipuinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish yksi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyksione
2Proto-Finnicükcione
3Proto-Uralicükteone
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →