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Where does “kauhukakara” come from?

kauhukakara (Finnish) comes from Finnish kauhu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u.

kauhukakara (Finnish): enfant terrible

Definitions

  1. enfant terrible

Ancestry of “kauhukakara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkauhuHorror, terror, dread
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-u—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →