Surname · also Old Norse
Kotilainen
“home”
Kotilainen is a surname, probably from Old Norse, ultimately from Old High German. It is used in Finnish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kotilainen probably goes back to a word meaning “home.”
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Where it comes from
Kotilainen probably comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Old High German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Probably from Old Norse Gote, from Old High German Gote, built from Finnish koti (“home”) + lainen.
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