Where does “puu” come from?

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

puu (Karelian): tree

Definitions

  1. tree

Ancestry of “puu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpuutree
2Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →