Where does “kauhukakara” come from?

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

kauhukakara (Finnish): enfant terrible

Definitions

  1. enfant terrible

Ancestry of “kauhukakara”, step by step

kauhukakara 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 kakara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkakaraA brat
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish kauhu →