Where does “puistometsä” come from?

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

puistometsä (Finnish): park forest

Definitions

  1. park forest

Ancestry of “puistometsä”, step by step

puistometsä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puisto

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

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →
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