Where does “kauhuviihde” come from?

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

kauhuviihde (Finnish): horror entertainment

Definitions

  1. horror entertainment

Ancestry of “kauhuviihde”, step by step

kauhuviihde 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 viihde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviihdeentertainment
2Finnishviihtyäto get on, get along, enjoy; to enjoy oneself; to...
3Proto-Finnicviihtüdäk—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish kauhu →