Where does “kovanaamainen” come from?

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

kovanaamainen (Finnish): thuggish, badass

Definitions

  1. thuggish, badass

Ancestry of “kovanaamainen”, step by step

kovanaamainen 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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