Where does “hourupäisyys” come from?

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

hourupäisyys (Finnish): lunacy

Definitions

  1. lunacy

Ancestry of “hourupäisyys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhourupäinenlunatic, raving mad
2Finnishhourupäälunatic
3FinnishhouruSynonym of hullu; now chiefly used as modifier in...
4Finnishhouriato rave
5Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
6Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
7Proto-Uralic-j-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →