Where does “lusmuilu” come from?

lusmuilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish lusmuilla, from Finnish lusmu, from Finnish luumu, from Old Swedish plumon.

lusmuilu (Finnish): acting cowardly, acting like a poltroon

Definitions

  1. acting cowardly, acting like a poltroon

Ancestry of “lusmuilu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlusmuillaAdessive plural form of lusmu; To act like a...
2FinnishlusmuA poltroon, dastard, craven
3Finnishluumuplum
4Old Swedishplumon—
Every word from Old Swedish plumon →Every word from Finnish luumu →Every word from Finnish lusmu →