Where does “puusee” come from?

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

puusee (Finnish): wooden outhouse toilet

Definitions

  1. wooden outhouse toilet

Ancestry of “puusee”, step by step

puusee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

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

via Finnish wc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishwcWC water closet
2EnglishWCInitialism of water closet: a lavatory; a toilet;...
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →