Where does “koisa” come from?
koisa (Finnish) comes from Finnish sä, from Finnish sinä, from Proto-Finnic cinä, from Proto-Uralic tinä — you, thou.
koisa (Finnish): snout moth, pyralid, pyralid moth, grass moth;...
Definitions
- snout moth, pyralid, pyralid moth, grass moth;...
Ancestry of “koisa”, step by step
koisa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sä | you, ya |
| 2 | Finnish | sinä | you second-person singular personal pronoun, used in familiar or neutral contexts, thou |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | cinä | you |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | tinä | you, thou |
via Finnish koi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koi | short form of vaatekoi Tineola bisselliella,... |
| 2 | Japanese | 鯉 | carp, specifically, the common carp |
| 3 | Old Japanese | こい | — |
Words derived from “koisa”