Where does “harsokate” come from?

harsokate (Finnish) comes from Finnish kate, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kat'ëk.

harsokate (Finnish): dry mulch crop cover

Definitions

  1. dry mulch crop cover

Ancestry of “harsokate”, step by step

harsokate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatecovering, roofing
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kat'ëk

via Finnish harso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharsogauze; veil
2Finnisho
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kat'ëk