Where does “mietintämyssy” come from?

mietintämyssy (Finnish) comes from Finnish mietintä, from Finnish -ntä, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

mietintämyssy (Finnish): thinking cap

Definitions

  1. thinking cap

Ancestry of “mietintämyssy”, step by step

mietintämyssy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mietintä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmietintäthinking; Action of the verb miettiä
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish myssy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyssycap, knit cap, toque; cosy
2Swedishmyssa—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish mietintä →