Where does “koinreikä” come from?

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

koinreikä (Finnish): moth hole

Definitions

  1. moth hole

Ancestry of “koinreikä”, step by step

koinreikä 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 reikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreikähole; puncture; cavity
2Proto-Finnicraikahole
3Proto-Finnicrajka—
Every word from Old Japanese こい →Every word from Japanese 鯉 →Every word from Finnish koi →