Where does “kauhutarina” come from?
kauhutarina (Finnish) comes from Finnish tärinä, from French tsarine, from German Zarin, from German Zar, from Russian царь, from Old East Slavic цьсарь, from Old East Slavic цѣсарь, from Proto-Slavic cěsařь — hair.
kauhutarina (Finnish): horror story
Ancestry of “kauhutarina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tärinä | tremor; Synonym of värinä |
| 2 | French | tsarine | — |
| 3 | German | Zarin | tsarina, czarina |
| 4 | German | Zar | tsar, czar |
| 5 | Russian | царь | tsar, Russian emperor; king |
| 6 | Old East Slavic | цьсарь | — |
| 7 | Old East Slavic | цѣсарь | emperor, king |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | cěsařь | emperor, king |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kaisaraz | emperor |
| 10 | Latin | Caesar | Julius Caesar; emperor |
| 11 | Latin | caesaries | or hair |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kéysero- | hair |