Where does “kohentua” come from?

kohentua (Finnish) comes from Finnish kohentaa, from Finnish kohta, from Proto-Finnic kokta, from Proto-Uralic kopta — place.

kohentua (Finnish): To improve

Definitions

  1. To improve

Ancestry of “kohentua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkohentaato poke; to improve; Third-person singular...
2Finnishkohtapresently, soon; place, location, spot; A...
3Proto-Finnickoktaplace, location, spot
4Proto-Uralickoptaplace

Words derived from “kohentua”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kopta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kokta →Every word from Finnish kohta →