Where does “koverokirves” come from?

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

koverokirves (Finnish): adze tool

Definitions

  1. adze tool

Ancestry of “koverokirves”, step by step

koverokirves traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kovero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkovero—
2Finnishkoveraconcave
3Proto-Finnickoveracrooked, bent, curved

via Finnish kirves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvesaxe
2Proto-Finnickirvesaxe
Every word from Proto-Finnic kovera →Every word from Finnish kovera →Every word from Finnish kovero →