Where does “kovaotteisesti” come from?
kovaotteisesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kovaotteinen, from Finnish ote, from Finnish ottaa, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
kovaotteisesti (Finnish): heavy-handedly
Definitions
- heavy-handedly
Ancestry of “kovaotteisesti”, step by step
kovaotteisesti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kovaotteinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kovaotteinen | heavy-handed, harsh |
| 2 | Finnish | ote | grasp, grip; approach, mindset; citation,... |
| 3 | Finnish | ottaa | to take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | vottadak | to take |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |
via Finnish sti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sti | — |