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Where does “tyhmänrohkeus” come from?

tyhmänrohkeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyhmänrohkea, from Finnish tyhmä, from Finnish tuhma, from Proto-Finnic tuhma, from Proto-Germanic dusmaz.

tyhmänrohkeus (Finnish): foolhardiness

Definitions

  1. foolhardiness

Ancestry of “tyhmänrohkeus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyhmänrohkeafoolhardy
2Finnishtyhmädumb, stupid
3Finnishtuhmanaughty; dirty
4Proto-Finnictuhma—
5Proto-Germanicdusmaz—
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