Where does “tyhmeliini” come from?

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

tyhmeliini (Finnish): silly person

Definitions

  1. silly person

Ancestry of “tyhmeliini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyhmädumb, stupid
2Finnishtuhmanaughty; dirty
3Proto-Finnictuhmastupid, foolish
4Proto-Germanicdusmaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic dusmaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhma →Every word from Finnish tuhma →