Where does “kohua” come from?

kohua (Finnish) comes from Finnish kohu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

kohua (Finnish): Genitive singular form of kohu

Definitions

  1. Genitive singular form of kohu

Ancestry of “kohua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkohusensation, controversy, hullabaloo, brouhaha,...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish kohu →