Where does “koivupuu” come from?

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

koivupuu (Finnish): birch tree

Definitions

  1. birch tree

Ancestry of “koivupuu”, step by step

koivupuu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Koivu

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

via Ingrian puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpuutree
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood

Words derived from “koivupuu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kojwa →Every word from Proto-Finnic koivu →Every word from Finnish koivu →