Where does “koivuhalko” come from?

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

koivuhalko (Finnish): piece of birch firewood

Definitions

  1. piece of birch firewood

Ancestry of “koivuhalko”, step by step

koivuhalko 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 halko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhalkopiece of firewood cut to about one meter in...
2Proto-Finnichalkopiece of firewood, billet
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w
Every word from Proto-Uralic kojwaEvery word from Proto-Finnic koivuEvery word from Finnish koivu