Where does “puulapja” come from?

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

puulapja (Ingrian): wooden shovel

Definitions

  1. wooden shovel

Ancestry of “puulapja”, step by step

puulapja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian puu

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

via Hungarian lapja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlapjathird-person singular single-possession...
2Hungarianlápmoor
3Proto-Uralicläppäspleen
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Ingrian puu →