Where does “puu” come from?

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

puu (Ingrian): tree

Definitions

  1. tree

Ancestry of “puu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpuutree
2Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

Words derived from “puu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →
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