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Where does “kammoksuttaa” come from?

kammoksuttaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kammoksua, from Finnish kammo, from Proto-Germanic skamō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

kammoksuttaa (Finnish): to feel or be dreaded or abhorred

Definitions

  1. to feel or be dreaded or abhorred

Ancestry of “kammoksuttaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkammoksuato dread, abhor
2Finnishkammodetestation, abhorrence; phobia
3Proto-Germanicskamōshame
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
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