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Where does “hirmu” come from?

hirmu (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic hirmu — fright, terror, fear.

hirmu (Finnish): monster; fright; very, really, extremely; usually...

Definitions

  1. monster; fright; very, really, extremely; usually...

Ancestry of “hirmu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnichirmufright, terror, fear

Words derived from “hirmu”

  • hirmuisesti
  • hirmuinen
  • hirmuhallitsija
  • hirmumyrsky
  • hirmulisko
  • hirmuaika
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