Where does “huvipuisto” come from?

huvipuisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish huvi, from Finnish hupi, from Finnish hupa, from Proto-Finnic hupa, from Proto-Uralic čupa.

huvipuisto (Finnish): amusement park

Definitions

  1. amusement park

Ancestry of “huvipuisto”, step by step

huvipuisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish huvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuviamusement, pleasure
2Finnishhupifun
3Finnishhupaquickly diminishing; funny
4Proto-Finnichupalean, thin
5Proto-Uralicčupa—

via Finnish puisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuistopark
2Finnishpuutree; wood
3Proto-Finnicpuutree
4Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

Words derived from “huvipuisto”

Every word from Proto-Uralic čupa →Every word from Proto-Finnic hupa →Every word from Finnish hupa →