Where does “uuni” come from?

uuni (Karelian) comes from Finnish uuni, from Old Swedish ughn, from Old Norse ofn, from Proto-Germanic uhnaz, from Proto-Indo-European aukw- — cooking pot.

Ancestry of “uuni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuunioven; stove; furnace
2Old Swedishughnoven
3Old Norseofn
4Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
5Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aukw-