Where does “idioottimainen” come from?

idioottimainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish mainen, from Finnish maa, from Proto-Finnic maa, from Proto-Uralic mëxe, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

idioottimainen (Finnish): idiotic

Definitions

  1. idiotic

Ancestry of “idioottimainen”, step by step

idioottimainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmainenworldly
2Finnishmaaearth; soil; land
3Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
4Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Finnish idiootti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishidioottiidiot
2Ancient Greekἰδιώτηςa private person, one not engaged in public...
3Ancient Greekἴδιοςpertaining to self, that is, one's own; private;...
4Proto-Hellenic*hwédios—

Words derived from “idioottimainen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →