Where does “puistoistutus” come from?
puistoistutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish puisto, from Finnish puu, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.
puistoistutus (Finnish): plants planted to make a park
Definitions
- plants planted to make a park
Ancestry of “puistoistutus”, step by step
puistoistutus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puisto | park |
| 2 | Finnish | puu | tree; wood |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | puu | tree |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | puwe | tree, wood |
via Finnish istutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | istutus | The act of planting |
| 2 | Finnish | istuttaa | to plant; to introduce an animal to an area... |
| 3 | Finnish | istua | to sit; to be a member in a board or similar; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | istudak | sit |