Where does “kauheus” come from?

kauheus (Finnish) comes from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

kauheus (Finnish): awfulness, dreadfulness, terribleness

Definitions

  1. awfulness, dreadfulness, terribleness

Ancestry of “kauheus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
2Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →