Where does “kovitus” come from?

kovitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kovittaa, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kovitus (Finnish): stiffening, hardening

Definitions

  1. stiffening, hardening

Ancestry of “kovitus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkovittaato stiffen, to harden
2Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →