Where does “kauhistua” come from?

kauhistua (Finnish) comes from Finnish kauhistaa, from Finnish kauhea, from Proto-Finnic kauheda.

kauhistua (Finnish): to be frightened

Definitions

  1. to be frightened

Ancestry of “kauhistua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkauhistaaTo horrify
2Finnishkauheaawful, dreadful, terrible; bad, unpleasant;...
3Proto-Finnickauheda—

Words derived from “kauhistua”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kauheda →Every word from Finnish kauhea →Every word from Finnish kauhistaa →