Where does “karhennus” come from?

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

karhennus (Finnish): roughening, coarsening

Definitions

  1. roughening, coarsening

Ancestry of “karhennus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarhentaato roughen; Third-person singular indicative...
2Finnishkarhearough, coarse; hoarse; Partitive singular form...
3Proto-Finnickarhedarough, coarse
Every word from Proto-Finnic karheda →Every word from Finnish karhea →Every word from Finnish karhentaa →
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