Where does “kohu” come from?
kohu (Finnish) comes from Finnish köhistä — To rasp.
kohu (Finnish): sensation, controversy, hullabaloo, brouhaha,...
Definitions
- sensation, controversy, hullabaloo, brouhaha,...
Ancestry of “kohu”, step by step
kohu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish köhistä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | köhistä | To rasp |
via Proto-Polynesian *kofu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Polynesian | *kofu | — |