Where does “Koivuniemi” come from?

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

Koivuniemi (Finnish): a Finnish surname, meaning "a cape that grows...

Definitions

  1. a Finnish surname, meaning "a cape that grows...

Ancestry of “Koivuniemi”, step by step

Koivuniemi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Koivu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKoivubirch deciduous tree of the genus
2Finnishkoivubirch
3Proto-Finnickoivubirch
4Proto-Uralickojwabirch

via Finnish Niemi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishNiemiAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnishniemicape, ness, headland, promontory, (small) peninsula form of coastal land jutting into a lake or sea
3Proto-Finnicneemicape, peninsula

Words derived from “Koivuniemi

Every word from Proto-Uralic kojwaEvery word from Proto-Finnic koivuEvery word from Finnish koivu