Where does “riippakoivu” come from?

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

riippakoivu (Finnish): a silver birch with drooping or sagging branches

Definitions

  1. a silver birch with drooping or sagging branches

Ancestry of “riippakoivu”, step by step

riippakoivu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Koivu

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

via Finnish riippua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishriippuaTo hang, dangle, be suspended; To depend
2Proto-Finnicrippudakto hang
Every word from Proto-Uralic kojwa →Every word from Proto-Finnic koivu →Every word from Finnish koivu →
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