Where does “kovaotteinen” come from?
kovaotteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ote, from Finnish ottaa, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
kovaotteinen (Finnish): heavy-handed, harsh
Ancestry of “kovaotteinen”, step by step
kovaotteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ote
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ote | grasp, grip; approach, mindset; citation,... |
| 2 | Finnish | ottaa | to take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vottadak | to take |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |
via Finnish kova
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kova | hard; strict, harsh, severe, unfriendly, hard,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kova | hard |
Words derived from “kovaotteinen”