Where does “kovio” come from?

kovio (Finnish) comes from Finnish -iö, from Spanish -ijo, from Proto-Bantu ì- — Class 5 noun prefix.

kovio (Finnish): nutrush plant in the genus

Definitions

  1. nutrush plant in the genus

Ancestry of “kovio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-iöFront vowel variant of -io
2Spanish-ijoindicating a diminutive or despective quality
3Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix
Every word from Proto-Bantu ì- →Every word from Finnish -iö →Every word from Spanish -ijo →