Where does “tyhmetä” come from?
tyhmetä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyhmä, from Finnish tuhma, from Proto-Finnic tuhma, from Proto-Germanic dusmaz.
tyhmetä (Finnish): To become dumber
Ancestry of “tyhmetä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tyhmä | dumb, stupid |
| 2 | Finnish | tuhma | naughty; dirty |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tuhma | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dusmaz | — |