Where does “koivukuitupuu” come from?

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

koivukuitupuu (Finnish): birch pulpwood

Definitions

  1. birch pulpwood

Ancestry of “koivukuitupuu”, step by step

koivukuitupuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koivukuitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoivukuitubirch fiber
2FinnishKoivubirch deciduous tree of the genus
3Finnishkoivubirch
4Proto-Finnickoivubirch
5Proto-Uralickojwabirch

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic kojwa →Every word from Proto-Finnic koivu →Every word from Finnish koivu →