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Where does “karhuta” come from?

karhuta (Finnish) comes from Finnish Karhu, from Finnish karhu, from Proto-Finnic karhu, from Proto-Finnic karheda — rough, coarse.

karhuta (Finnish): To dun

Definitions

  1. To dun

Ancestry of “karhuta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKarhu—
2Finnishkarhubear; brown bear, "Ursus arctos"
3Proto-Finnickarhubear
4Proto-Finnickarhedarough, coarse

Words derived from “karhuta”

  • karhuaja
Every word from Proto-Finnic karheda →