Where does “karhentua” come from?

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

karhentua (Finnish): to roughen

Definitions

  1. to roughen

Ancestry of “karhentua”, 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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