Where does “kovistelu” come from?
kovistelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kovistella, from Finnish kovistaa, from Finnish kova, from Proto-Finnic kova — hard.
kovistelu (Finnish): arm-twisting
Definitions
- arm-twisting
Ancestry of “kovistelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kovistella | To bully |
| 2 | Finnish | kovistaa | to come down harshly on someone for some reason;... |
| 3 | Finnish | kova | hard; strict, harsh, severe, unfriendly, hard,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kova | hard |