Where does “kovete” come from?

kovete (Finnish) comes from Finnish kovettaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kovete (Finnish): hardener

Definitions

  1. hardener

Ancestry of “kovete”, step by step

kovete traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kovettaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkovettaato harden
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →