Where does “tyhmentää” come from?

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

tyhmentää (Finnish): to dumb, make dumber; Third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. to dumb, make dumber; Third-person singular...

Ancestry of “tyhmentää”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tyhmentää”

Every word from Proto-Germanic dusmaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhma →Every word from Finnish tuhma →
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