Where does “kovavehnä” come from?

kovavehnä (Finnish) comes from Finnish vehnä, from Proto-Finnic vehnä, from Proto-Finno-Permic wešnä.

Ancestry of “kovavehnä”, step by step

kovavehnä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vehnä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvehnäwheat
2Proto-Finnicvehnäwheat
3Proto-Finno-Permicwešnä—

via Finnish kova

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