Where does “hirmuhauska” come from?

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

hirmuhauska (Finnish): super fun

Definitions

  1. super fun

Ancestry of “hirmuhauska”, step by step

hirmuhauska traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hirmu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhirmumonster; fright; very, really, extremely; usually...
2Proto-Finnichirmufright, terror, fear

via Finnish hauska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhauskapleasant; merry; fun
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