Where does “hölmistys” come from?

hölmistys (Finnish) comes from Finnish hölmistyä, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

hölmistys (Finnish): puzzlement, stupefaction, bewilderment

Definitions

  1. puzzlement, stupefaction, bewilderment

Ancestry of “hölmistys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhölmistyäTo be stupefied
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →Every word from Finnish hölmistyä →