Where does “kovakourainen” come from?

kovakourainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish koura, from Proto-Finnic kopra — hollow of the hand.

kovakourainen (Finnish): heavy-handed, rough

Definitions

  1. heavy-handed, rough

Ancestry of “kovakourainen”, step by step

kovakourainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkourafist; grapple, grab
2Proto-Finnickoprahollow of the hand

via Finnish kova

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

Words derived from “kovakourainen”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kopra →Every word from Finnish koura →
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