Where does “tuohivirsu” come from?

tuohivirsu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuohi, from Proto-Finnic toohi, from Proto-Finnic tooši, from Baltic unknown.

tuohivirsu (Finnish): birchbark shoe made of woven strips of birchbark

Definitions

  1. birchbark shoe made of woven strips of birchbark

Ancestry of “tuohivirsu”, step by step

tuohivirsu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuohi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuohibirchbark; money, cash; Third-person singular...
2Proto-Finnictoohibirchbark
3Proto-Finnictooši—
4Balticunknown—

via Finnish virsu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirsubirchbark shoe shoe made by weaving strips of birchbark, used earlier in Scandinavia and elsewhere in the boreal forest zone
2Old East Slavic*вьрзъ—
Every word from Baltic unknown →Every word from Proto-Finnic tooši →Every word from Proto-Finnic toohi →