Where does “koverankupera” come from?

koverankupera (Finnish) comes from Finnish kovera, from Proto-Finnic kovera — crooked, bent, curved.

koverankupera (Finnish): concavo-convex

Definitions

  1. concavo-convex

Ancestry of “koverankupera”, step by step

koverankupera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kovera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoveraconcave
2Proto-Finnickoveracrooked, bent, curved

via Finnish kupera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuperaconvex; gibbous
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