Where does “puusammal” come from?

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

puusammal (Ingrian): tree moss

Definitions

  1. tree moss

Ancestry of “puusammal”, step by step

puusammal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian puu

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

via Ingrian sammal

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