Where does “kovettua” come from?

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

kovettua (Finnish): To set, to solidify; To harden

Definitions

  1. To set, to solidify; To harden

Ancestry of “kovettua”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kovettua”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →