Where does “pihapuisto” come from?

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

pihapuisto (Finnish): a park in a yard of a formerly or currently active building

Definitions

  1. a park in a yard of a formerly or currently active building

Ancestry of “pihapuisto”, step by step

pihapuisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puisto

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

via Finnish piha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihayard; at sea
2Proto-Finnicpihayard
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →
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