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Where does “pū” come from?
pū (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.
pū
(Livonian): tree
Definitions
tree
Ancestry of “pū”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Finnic
puu
tree
2
Proto-Uralic
puwe
tree, wood
Words derived from “pū”
ažāpū
līedpū
ovpū
pūvīļa
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