Where does “puukkoveitsi” come from?

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

Ancestry of “puukkoveitsi”, step by step

puukkoveitsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian puukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpuukkohunting knife
2Ingrianpuutree
3Proto-Finnicpuutree
4Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish veitsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveitsiknife
2Proto-Finnicveicciknife
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwäŋćɜ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Ingrian puu →