Where does “ovpū” come from?

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

ovpū (Livonian): conifer, coniferous tree

Definitions

  1. conifer, coniferous tree

Ancestry of “ovpū”, step by step

ovpū traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Livonian pū

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

via Livonian o’v

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livoniano’v—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Livonian pū →