Where does “kovapohja” come from?

kovapohja (Finnish) comes from Finnish pohja, from Proto-Finnic pohja, from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja.

kovapohja (Finnish): hard ground

Definitions

  1. hard ground

Ancestry of “kovapohja”, step by step

kovapohja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—

via Finnish kova

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkovahard; strict, harsh, severe, unfriendly, hard,...
2Proto-Finnickovahard
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →Every word from Proto-Finnic pohja →Every word from Finnish pohja →