Where does “kotisohva” come from?

kotisohva (Finnish) comes from Finnish koti, from Proto-Finnic kotei, from Proto-Finnic kota, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota, from Proto-Uralic kota — hut, tent, tepee.

kotisohva (Finnish): home couch, home sofa

Definitions

  1. home couch, home sofa

Ancestry of “kotisohva”, step by step

kotisohva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotihome
2Proto-Finnickoteihome
3Proto-Finnickotatent, hut
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickotatent, hut, house
5Proto-Uralickotahut, tent, tepee

via Finnish sohva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsohvasofa, couch
2Swedishsoffaa couch, a sofa
3EnglishsofaA raised area of a building's floor, usually...
4Frenchsofacouch; sofa
Every word from Proto-Uralic kota →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota →Every word from Proto-Finnic kota →
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