Where does “tuohikoppa” come from?
tuohikoppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish koppa, from Ancient Greek κόππα, from Ancient Greek ϙόππα, from Phoenician 𐤒 — qoph; qop.
tuohikoppa (Finnish): birchbark basket
Ancestry of “tuohikoppa”, step by step
tuohikoppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish koppa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koppa | basket; koppa |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κόππα | Alternative form of ϙόππα |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ϙόππα | qoppa, an archaic letter Ϙ, ϙ of the Ancient... |
| 4 | Phoenician | 𐤒 | qoph; qop |
via Finnish tuohi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuohi | birchbark; money, cash; Third-person singular... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | toohi | birchbark |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tooši | — |
| 4 | Baltic | unknown | — |