Where does “metsänpuu” come from?

metsänpuu (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian puu, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.

metsänpuu (Ingrian): forest tree

Definitions

  1. forest tree

Ancestry of “metsänpuu”, step by step

metsänpuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpuutree
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Ingrian puu →