Where does “tunnusmerkistöerehdys” come from?

tunnusmerkistöerehdys (Finnish) comes from Finnish erehdys, from Finnish erehtyä, from Finnish -htua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

tunnusmerkistöerehdys (Finnish): unawareness of the existence definitional elements (of an offence), mistake as to the definitional elements of an offence

Definitions

  1. unawareness of the existence definitional elements (of an offence), mistake as to the definitional elements of an offence

Ancestry of “tunnusmerkistöerehdys”, step by step

tunnusmerkistöerehdys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish erehdys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisherehdysmistake
2Finnisherehtyäto err, make a mistake
3Finnish-htuaForms translative verbs, often emphasizing the...
4Finnish-tuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
5Idotuyou singular, thou
6EnglishthouNominative singular of ye; To address using the...
7EnglishthousandA numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10
8Middle EnglishthousendA thousand; 1000
9Old Englishþūsendthousand
10Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
11Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
12Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
13Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Finnish tunnusmerkistö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtunnusmerkistöstatutory definition, definitional elements of a criminal offence
2Finnishtunnusmerkkifeature, characteristic, hallmark
3Finnishmerkkimark, sign; character; symbol
4Old Swedishmærki—
5Old Norsemerkiboundary
6Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Finnish -tua →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →