Where does “kauhuskenaario” come from?

kauhuskenaario (Finnish) comes from Finnish skenaario, from Italian scenario, from Italian scena, from Latin scaena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

kauhuskenaario (Finnish): nightmare scenario, worst-case scenario

Definitions

  1. nightmare scenario, worst-case scenario

Ancestry of “kauhuskenaario”, step by step

kauhuskenaario traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish skenaario

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishskenaarioscenario
2Italianscenarioscenery, set; backdrop
3Italianscenascene; stage
4Latinscaenastage; scene; theatre
5Ancient Greekσκηνήtent; stage
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃ih₂shadow, shade
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

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 (s)ḱeh₃-
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