Where does “sylipuu” come from?

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

sylipuu (Ingrian): measuring stick with a length of one sazhen

Definitions

  1. measuring stick with a length of one sazhen

Ancestry of “sylipuu”, step by step

sylipuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian puu

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

via Ingrian syli

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