Where does “hourupäinen” come from?

hourupäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish hourupää, from Finnish houru, from Finnish houria, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

hourupäinen (Finnish): lunatic, raving mad

Definitions

  1. lunatic, raving mad

Ancestry of “hourupäinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhourupäälunatic
2FinnishhouruSynonym of hullu; now chiefly used as modifier in...
3Finnishhouriato rave
4Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
5Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
6Proto-Uralic-j-—

Words derived from “hourupäinen”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →