Where does “kauhistus” come from?

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

kauhistus (Finnish): dread, horror

Definitions

  1. dread, horror

Ancestry of “kauhistus”, step by step

kauhistus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kauhistaa

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

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Finnic kauheda →Every word from Finnish kauhea →Every word from Finnish kauhistaa →