Where does “puistotäti” come from?

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

puistotäti (Finnish): park lady, park nanny, park auntie

Definitions

  1. park lady, park nanny, park auntie

Ancestry of “puistotäti”, step by step

puistotäti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puisto

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

via Finnish täti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtätiAn aunt, as mother's or father's sister; An aunt,...
2Ramandiتاتون—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →