Where does “kauhunhuuto” come from?

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

kauhunhuuto (Finnish): cry of terror, scream of terror

Definitions

  1. cry of terror, scream of terror

Ancestry of “kauhunhuuto”, step by step

kauhunhuuto 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 huuto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuutoscream, cry
2Finnishhuutaato shout, yell, holler; to scream, shriek; to...
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish kauhu →