Where does “pakokauhu” come from?
pakokauhu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pako, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
pakokauhu (Finnish): panic
Ancestry of “pakokauhu”, step by step
pakokauhu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pako
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pako | flight; escape; hole, tear |
| 2 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish kauhu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kauhu | Horror, terror, dread |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |
Words derived from “pakokauhu”