Where does “kovuus” come from?

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

kovuus (Finnish): hardness

Definitions

  1. hardness

Ancestry of “kovuus”, step by step

kovuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kova

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

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi

Words derived from “kovuus”

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