Where does “Tuija” come from?
Tuija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuija, from Translingual Thuja, from Ancient Greek θυία — stinking juniper.
Ancestry of “Tuija”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuija | white cedar, red cedar, thuja |
| 2 | Translingual | Thuja | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | θυία | stinking juniper |