Where does “tyhmentyä” come from?

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

tyhmentyä (Finnish): to become dumber

Definitions

  1. to become dumber

Ancestry of “tyhmentyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyhmentääto dumb, make dumber; Third-person singular...
2Finnishtyhmädumb, stupid
3Finnishtuhmanaughty; dirty
4Proto-Finnictuhmastupid, foolish
5Proto-Germanicdusmaz—

Words derived from “tyhmentyä”

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