Where does “kovaiskuinen” come from?
kovaiskuinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish isku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.
kovaiskuinen (Finnish): hard-hitting
Ancestry of “kovaiskuinen”, step by step
kovaiskuinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish isku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | isku | hit, blow; impact; attentat, attack, strike, raid |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |
via Finnish kova
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kova | hard; strict, harsh, severe, unfriendly, hard,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kova | hard |