Where does “poppelikuja” come from?

poppelikuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish poppeli, from Swedish poppel, from Low German poppele, from Latin pōpulus, from Proto-Italic poplos — army.

poppelikuja (Finnish): a path lined with poplar trees

Definitions

  1. a path lined with poplar trees

Ancestry of “poppelikuja”, step by step

poppelikuja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poppeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoppelipoplar
2Swedishpoppelpoplar (tree)
3Low Germanpoppele—
4Latinpōpulusa people, nation
5Proto-Italicpoplosarmy

via Finnish kuja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkujaalley
2Proto-Finnickujafenced path
3Proto-Germanickwījā—
Every word from Proto-Italic poplos →Every word from Latin pōpulus →Every word from Low German poppele →