Where does “koju” come from?
koju (Finnish) comes from Swedish koja, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
koju (Finnish): booth, stall, shed
Ancestry of “koju”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | koja | a hut, a very primitive house; to go to bed |
| 2 | Swedish | a | from |
| 3 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 4 | Swedish | lopp | a run, trace, track, path, a running ... |
| 5 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 7 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |