Where does “kovaksikeitetty” come from?

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

kovaksikeitetty (Finnish): hard-boiled

Definitions

  1. hard-boiled

Ancestry of “kovaksikeitetty”, step by step

kovaksikeitetty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kova

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

via Finnish keitetty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeitettyboiled
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