Where does “kauhu” come from?

kauhu (Finnish) comes from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

kauhu (Finnish): Horror, terror, dread

Definitions

  1. Horror, terror, dread

Ancestry of “kauhu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
2Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

Words derived from “kauhu”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →