Where does “kauhujuttu” come from?

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

kauhujuttu (Finnish): horror story, scary story

Definitions

  1. horror story, scary story

Ancestry of “kauhujuttu”, step by step

kauhujuttu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kauhu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkauhuHorror, terror, dread
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish juttu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuttutalk; tale; anecdote
2Proto-Finnicjuttutalk
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjukta-to tell
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish kauhu →