Where does “ruumeenpuut” come from?

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

ruumeenpuut (Ingrian): coffin

Definitions

  1. coffin

Ancestry of “ruumeenpuut”, step by step

ruumeenpuut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian puu

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

via Ingrian ruume

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianruumebody
2Ingrianruumis—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Ingrian puu →