Where does “koivuvasta” come from?

koivuvasta (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian vasta, from Old East Slavic хвостъ, from Proto-Slavic xvȍstъ — bundle, sheaf.

koivuvasta (Ingrian): bath broom made of birch leaves

Definitions

  1. bath broom made of birch leaves

Ancestry of “koivuvasta”, step by step

koivuvasta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian vasta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianvastabath broom
2Old East Slavicхвостъ
3Proto-Slavicxvȍstъbundle, sheaf

via Ingrian koivu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankoivubirch
Every word from Proto-Slavic xvȍstъ