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
Ancestry of “narrimaisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |