Where does “puutomaatti” come from?

puutomaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tomaatti, from Swedish tomat, from Danish tomat, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomātl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma- — tomatillo.

puutomaatti (Finnish): tamarillo

Definitions

  1. tamarillo

Ancestry of “puutomaatti”, step by step

puutomaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tomaatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtomaattitomato
2Swedishtomattomato
3DanishtomatA tomato
4Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
5Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
6Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl tomātl →Every word from Spanish tomate →