Where does “puuitikka” come from?

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

puuitikka (Ingrian): wood bug

Definitions

  1. wood bug

Ancestry of “puuitikka”, step by step

puuitikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian puu

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

via Ingrian itikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianitikkabug
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Ingrian puu →