Where does “petäjäpuu” come from?

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

petäjäpuu (Ingrian): pinewood

Definitions

  1. pinewood

Ancestry of “petäjäpuu”, step by step

petäjäpuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian puu

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

via Finnish petäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpetäjäpine; a large, lone pine tree
2Proto-Finnicpetägäpine
3Proto-Uralicpečäpine
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Ingrian puu →