Where does “juhannuskoivu” come from?

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

juhannuskoivu (Finnish): A young birch tree, cut and used as decoration on and around the Midsummer Day

Definitions

  1. A young birch tree, cut and used as decoration on and around the Midsummer Day

Ancestry of “juhannuskoivu”, step by step

juhannuskoivu 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 juhannus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjuhannusMidsummer Day, Saint John's Day
Every word from Proto-Uralic kojwa →Every word from Proto-Finnic koivu →Every word from Finnish koivu →