Where does “kovanaama” come from?

kovanaama (Finnish) comes from Finnish naama, from Proto-Samic nāmē — velvet on reindeer antlers.

kovanaama (Finnish): thug, badass, hardass

Definitions

  1. thug, badass, hardass

Ancestry of “kovanaama”, step by step

kovanaama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish naama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaamaface; face, mouth
2Proto-Samicnāmēvelvet on reindeer antlers

via Finnish kova

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