Where does “kovakallo” come from?

kovakallo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kova, from Proto-Finnic kova — hard.

kovakallo (Finnish): hardhead

Definitions

  1. hardhead

Ancestry of “kovakallo”, step by step

kovakallo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kova

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkovahard; strict, harsh, severe, unfriendly, hard,...
2Proto-Finnickovahard

via Finnish kallo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalloskull, cranium
2Proto-Germanic*skallôskull, cranium
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