Where does “kouvo” come from?

kouvo (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic kaivadak, from Proto-Uralic kajwa- — dig.

kouvo (Finnish): Synonym of karhu

Definitions

  1. Synonym of karhu

Ancestry of “kouvo”, step by step

kouvo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Finnic kaivadak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickaivadakto dig up, to excavate
2Proto-Uralickajwa-dig

via Finnish kouko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoukoan evil being

Words derived from “kouvo”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kajwa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaivadak →