Where does “tüvi” come from?

tüvi (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic tüvi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric tüŋe.

tüvi (Veps): trunk; base, bottom end; stem

Definitions

  1. trunk; base, bottom end; stem

Ancestry of “tüvi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnictüvibase of a tree
2Proto-Finno-Ugrictüŋe—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric tüŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic tüvi →