Where does “karhentua” come from?
karhentua (Finnish) comes from Finnish karhentaa, from Finnish karhea, from Proto-Finnic karheda — rough, coarse.
karhentua (Finnish): to roughen
Ancestry of “karhentua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | karhentaa | to roughen; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Finnish | karhea | rough, coarse; hoarse; Partitive singular form... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | karheda | rough, coarse |