Where does “koivu” come from?

koivu (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic koivu, from Proto-Uralic kojwa — birch.

koivu (Karelian): birch

Definitions

  1. birch

Ancestry of “koivu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickoivubirch
2Proto-Uralickojwabirch
Every word from Proto-Uralic kojwa →Every word from Proto-Finnic koivu →