Where does “kovistaa” come from?

kovistaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kova, from Proto-Finnic kova — hard.

kovistaa (Finnish): to come down harshly on someone for some reason;...

Definitions

  1. to come down harshly on someone for some reason;...

Ancestry of “kovistaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkovahard; strict, harsh, severe, unfriendly, hard,...
2Proto-Finnickovahard

Words derived from “kovistaa”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kova →Every word from Finnish kova →