Where does “kotityranni” come from?

kotityranni (Finnish) comes from Finnish koti, from Proto-Finnic kotei, from Proto-Finnic kota, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota, from Proto-Uralic kota — hut, tent, tepee.

kotityranni (Finnish): tyrant at home

Definitions

  1. tyrant at home

Ancestry of “kotityranni”, step by step

kotityranni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotihome
2Proto-Finnickoteihome
3Proto-Finnickotatent, hut
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickotatent, hut, house
5Proto-Uralickotahut, tent, tepee

via Finnish tyranni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyrannityrant; tyrant, despot; tyrant flycatcher
2GermanTyranntyrant; bully; tyrant flycatcher
3Latintyrannusruler, monarch; tyrant, despot
4Ancient Greekτύραννοςabsolute ruler (originally applied to the Lydian king)
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