Where does “hermokimppu” come from?

hermokimppu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kimppu, from Proto-Finnic kimppu — bundle, bunch.

hermokimppu (Finnish): bag of nerves, bundle of nerves, worrywart, very nervous person

Definitions

  1. bag of nerves, bundle of nerves, worrywart, very nervous person

Ancestry of “hermokimppu”, step by step

hermokimppu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kimppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkimppubunch, bundle, cluster
2Proto-Finnickimppubundle, bunch

via Finnish hermo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhermonerve; snap
Every word from Proto-Finnic kimppu →Every word from Finnish kimppu →
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