Where does “Koivu” come from?

Koivu (Finnish) comes from Finnish koivu, from Proto-Finnic koivu, from Proto-Uralic kojwa — birch.

Koivu (Finnish): birch deciduous tree of the genus

Definitions

  1. birch deciduous tree of the genus

Ancestry of “Koivu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoivubirch
2Proto-Finnickoivubirch
3Proto-Uralickojwabirch

Words derived from “Koivu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kojwa →Every word from Proto-Finnic koivu →Every word from Finnish koivu →