Where does “tyhmistellä” come from?

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

tyhmistellä (Finnish): to act dumb or stupid

Definitions

  1. to act dumb or stupid

Ancestry of “tyhmistellä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tyhmistellä”

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