Where does “puuomena” come from?

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

puuomena (Ingrian): apple

Definitions

  1. apple

Ancestry of “puuomena”, step by step

puuomena traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian puu

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

via Ingrian omena

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