Where does “merituulipuisto” come from?

merituulipuisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuulipuisto, from Finnish puisto, from Finnish puu, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.

merituulipuisto (Finnish): offshore wind farm

Definitions

  1. offshore wind farm

Ancestry of “merituulipuisto”, step by step

merituulipuisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuulipuisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtuulipuistoA wind farm
2Finnishpuistopark
3Finnishpuutree; wood
4Proto-Finnicpuutree
5Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish meri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerisea
2Proto-Finnicmerisea
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →