Where does “koivikkoinen” come from?

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

koivikkoinen (Finnish): with lots of birch trees

Definitions

  1. with lots of birch trees

Ancestry of “koivikkoinen”, step by step

koivikkoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koivikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkoivikkoA birch forest
2FinnishKoivubirch deciduous tree of the genus
3Finnishkoivubirch
4Proto-Finnickoivubirch
5Proto-Uralickojwabirch

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kojwa →Every word from Proto-Finnic koivu →Every word from Finnish koivu →