Where does “idioottimaisuus” come from?

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

idioottimaisuus (Finnish): idiocy

Definitions

  1. idiocy

Ancestry of “idioottimaisuus”, step by step

idioottimaisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish idioottimainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishidioottimainenidiotic
2Finnishmainenworldly
3Finnishmaaearth; soil; land
4Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
5Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →