Where does “kauhistua” come from?
kauhistua (Finnish) comes from Finnish kauhistaa, from Finnish kauhea, from Proto-Finnic kauheda.
kauhistua (Finnish): to be frightened
Ancestry of “kauhistua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kauhistaa | To horrify |
| 2 | Finnish | kauhea | awful, dreadful, terrible; bad, unpleasant;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kauheda | — |