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Where does “kovettuminen” come from?

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

kovettuminen (Finnish): hardening; sclerosis

Definitions

  1. hardening; sclerosis

Ancestry of “kovettuminen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkovettuaTo set, to solidify; To harden
2Finnishkovettaato harden
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “kovettuminen”

  • valtimonkovettumistauti
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →