Where does “koveruus” come from?

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

koveruus (Finnish): concavity

Definitions

  1. concavity

Ancestry of “koveruus”, step by step

koveruus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kovera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoveraconcave
2Proto-Finnickoveracrooked, bent, curved

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
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