Where does “kohuta” come from?

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

kohuta (Finnish): To make a fuss

Definitions

  1. To make a fuss

Ancestry of “kohuta”, step by step

kohuta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kohu

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

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishwhat
2FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uEvery word from Finnish -uEvery word from Finnish kohu