Where does “kavennus” come from?

kavennus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaventaa, from Finnish kapea, from Proto-Finnic kapeda.

kavennus (Finnish): narrowing, narrowing down; narrowing the lead

Definitions

  1. narrowing, narrowing down; narrowing the lead

Ancestry of “kavennus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaventaato narrow, narrow down; to reduce, decrease; to...
2Finnishkapeanarrow
3Proto-Finnickapeda—

Words derived from “kavennus”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kapeda →Every word from Finnish kapea →Every word from Finnish kaventaa →