Where does “kova” come from?

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

kova (Swedish): money

Definitions

  1. money

Ancestry of “kova”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kova

Every word from Proto-Finnic kovaEvery word from Finnish kova