Where does “tyhmänpuoleinen” come from?
tyhmänpuoleinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyhmä, from Finnish tuhma, from Proto-Finnic tuhma, from Proto-Germanic dusmaz.
tyhmänpuoleinen (Finnish): on the stupid or dumb side
Definitions
- on the stupid or dumb side
Ancestry of “tyhmänpuoleinen”, step by step
tyhmänpuoleinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tyhmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tyhmä | dumb, stupid |
| 2 | Finnish | tuhma | naughty; dirty |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tuhma | stupid, foolish |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dusmaz | — |
via Finnish puoleinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puoleinen | being on the side of something; related through... |
| 2 | Finnish | puoli | half; when followed by a number representing an... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pooli | half, side; half |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | pälä | half |