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
Definitions
- booth, stall, shed
Ancestry of “koju”, step by step
koju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish koja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 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- | — |
via Proto-Turkic *kojug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | *kojug | — |