Where does “koveranenä” come from?

koveranenä (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian nenä, from Proto-Finnic nenä — nose.

koveranenä (Ingrian): snub nose

Definitions

  1. snub nose

Ancestry of “koveranenä”, step by step

koveranenä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian nenä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriannenänose; edge, cutting edge
2Proto-Finnicnenänose

via Ingrian kovera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankoveracrooked, bent
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