Where does “koivunlehvä” come from?

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

koivunlehvä (Finnish): birch sprig

Definitions

  1. birch sprig

Ancestry of “koivunlehvä”, step by step

koivunlehvä 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 lehvä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehväspray, sprig small shoot or branch, together with its leaves
Every word from Proto-Uralic kojwa →Every word from Proto-Finnic koivu →Every word from Finnish koivu →
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