Where does “puuhanko” come from?

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

puuhanko (Ingrian): wooden pitchfork

Definitions

  1. wooden pitchfork

Ancestry of “puuhanko”, step by step

puuhanko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian puu

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

via Ingrian hanko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianhankopitchfork
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*hanko—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Ingrian puu →
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