Where does “narrimaisuus” come from?
narrimaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish narrimainen, from Finnish narri, from Swedish narr, from Middle Low German narre, from Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, from Vulgar Latin nario, from Latin naris — nose, nostril.
narrimaisuus (Finnish): foolishness
Definitions
- foolishness
Ancestry of “narrimaisuus”, step by step
narrimaisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish narrimainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | narrimainen | foolish |
| 2 | Finnish | narri | fool, joker, jester |
| 3 | Swedish | narr | fool; jester; joker |
| 4 | Middle Low German | narre | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | narre | — |
| 6 | Old High German | narro | clown; fool |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | nario | mocking, deriding, jeering at |
| 8 | Latin | naris | A nostril, nose; An opening, orifice, vent,... |
| 9 | Latin | nasus | nose; sense of smell; spout, nozzle |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s- | nose, nostril |
via Finnish uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |