Where does “kovalevy” come from?
kovalevy (Finnish) comes from Finnish levy, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.
kovalevy (Finnish): hardboard
Ancestry of “kovalevy”, step by step
kovalevy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish levy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | levy | plate; board; slab |
| 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 |
Words derived from “kovalevy”