Where does “safaripuisto” come from?
safaripuisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish puisto, from Finnish puu, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.
safaripuisto (Finnish): safari park
Ancestry of “safaripuisto”, step by step
safaripuisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puisto | park |
| 2 | Finnish | puu | tree; wood |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | puu | tree |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | puwe | tree, wood |
via Finnish safari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | safari | safari |
| 2 | Swahili | safari | journey, trip; a time or instance |
| 3 | Arabic | سَفَر | journey, travel; trip |
| 4 | Arabic | عَلِيّ | to be high, exalted; Ali; exalted, noble; to be... |