Where does “karhotus” come from?

karhotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish karhottaa, from Finnish kärhö, from Finnish karhi, from Finnish karhea, from Proto-Finnic karheda — rough, coarse.

karhotus (Finnish): windrowing

Definitions

  1. windrowing

Ancestry of “karhotus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarhottaato windrow
2Finnishkärhöclematis; the genus "Clematis"
3Finnishkarhiharrow
4Finnishkarhearough, coarse; hoarse; Partitive singular form...
5Proto-Finnickarhedarough, coarse
Every word from Proto-Finnic karheda →Every word from Finnish karhea →Every word from Finnish karhi →