Where does “ažāpū” come from?

ažāpū (Livonian) comes from Livonian pū, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.

ažāpū (Livonian): lumber, timber, wood

Definitions

  1. lumber, timber, wood

Ancestry of “ažāpū”, step by step

ažāpū traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Livonian pū

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

via Livonian ažā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianažāthing, matter
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Livonian pū →