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Where does “karhentaa” come from?

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

karhentaa (Finnish): to roughen; Third-person singular indicative...

Definitions

  1. to roughen; Third-person singular indicative...

Ancestry of “karhentaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarhearough, coarse; hoarse; Partitive singular form...
2Proto-Finnickarhedarough, coarse

Words derived from “karhentaa”

  • karhenne
  • karhentaa
  • karhentua
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