Where does “aamunkoi” come from?

aamunkoi (Finnish) comes from Finnish koi, from Japanese 鯉, from Old Japanese こい.

aamunkoi (Finnish): dawn, sunrise, break of day

Definitions

  1. dawn, sunrise, break of day

Ancestry of “aamunkoi”, step by step

aamunkoi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoishort form of vaatekoi Tineola bisselliella,...
2Japanese鯉carp, specifically, the common carp
3Old Japaneseこい—

via Finnish Aamu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAamumorning
2Englishaamumorning
Every word from Old Japanese こい →Every word from Japanese 鯉 →Every word from Finnish koi →