Where does “karhennos” come from?

karhennos (Finnish) comes from Finnish karhentaa, from Finnish karhea, from Proto-Finnic karheda — rough, coarse.

karhennos (Finnish): roughening surface made rough on purpose, usually to improve grip

Definitions

  1. roughening surface made rough on purpose, usually to improve grip

Ancestry of “karhennos”, step by step

karhennos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karhentaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarhentaato roughen; Third-person singular indicative...
2Finnishkarhearough, coarse; hoarse; Partitive singular form...
3Proto-Finnickarhedarough, coarse

via Finnish os

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishos—
Every word from Proto-Finnic karheda →Every word from Finnish karhea →Every word from Finnish karhentaa →
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