Where does “puistokuja” come from?

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

puistokuja (Finnish): park alley, esplanade

Definitions

  1. park alley, esplanade

Ancestry of “puistokuja”, step by step

puistokuja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puisto

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

via Finnish kuja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkujaalley
2Proto-Finnickujafenced path
3Proto-Germanickwījā—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →