Where does “Koivu” come from?
Koivu (Finnish) comes from Finnish koivu, from Proto-Finnic koivu, from Proto-Uralic kojwa — birch.
Ancestry of “Koivu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koivu | birch |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | koivu | birch |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kojwa | birch |