Where does “tyhmästi” come from?

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

tyhmästi (Finnish): stupidly

Definitions

  1. stupidly

Ancestry of “tyhmästi”, step by step

tyhmästi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tyhmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyhmädumb, stupid
2Finnishtuhmanaughty; dirty
3Proto-Finnictuhmastupid, foolish
4Proto-Germanicdusmaz—

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti—
Every word from Proto-Germanic dusmaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhma →Every word from Finnish tuhma →