Where does “koivumetsikkö” come from?

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

koivumetsikkö (Finnish): small birch forest

Definitions

  1. small birch forest

Ancestry of “koivumetsikkö”, step by step

koivumetsikkö 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 metsikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmetsikköA small forest
2Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
3Proto-Finnic*meccä—
4Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kojwa →Every word from Proto-Finnic koivu →Every word from Finnish koivu →