Where does “koivunurpu” come from?

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

koivunurpu (Finnish): birch catkin

Definitions

  1. birch catkin

Ancestry of “koivunurpu”, step by step

koivunurpu 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 Urpu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishUrpucatkin
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic kojwa →Every word from Proto-Finnic koivu →Every word from Finnish koivu →