Where does “kauhunsekainen” come from?
kauhunsekainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish sekainen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
kauhunsekainen (Finnish): with (a sense of) terror
Ancestry of “kauhunsekainen”, step by step
kauhunsekainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sekainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sekainen | messy, disorderly; mixed |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish kauhu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kauhu | Horror, terror, dread |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |