Where does “koivumetsä” come from?
koivumetsä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Koivu, from Finnish koivu, from Proto-Finnic koivu, from Proto-Uralic kojwa — birch.
koivumetsä (Finnish): birch forest
Ancestry of “koivumetsä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Koivu | — |
| 2 | Finnish | koivu | birch |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | koivu | birch |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kojwa | birch |