Where does “kauhunovelli” come from?

kauhunovelli (Finnish) comes from Finnish novelli, from Swedish novell, from Latin novellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

kauhunovelli (Finnish): horror short story

Definitions

  1. horror short story

Ancestry of “kauhunovelli”, step by step

kauhunovelli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish novelli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnovellishort story
2Swedishnovellshort story, a work of fiction which is shorter...
3Latinnovellusnew, young, fresh; novel, newly made
4Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos
7Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Finnish kauhu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkauhuHorror, terror, dread
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin -ellus