Where does “tyhmistely” come from?

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

tyhmistely (Finnish): acting dumb or stupid

Definitions

  1. acting dumb or stupid

Ancestry of “tyhmistely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyhmistelläto act dumb or stupid
2Finnishtyhmädumb, stupid
3Finnishtuhmanaughty; dirty
4Proto-Finnictuhmastupid, foolish
5Proto-Germanicdusmaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic dusmaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhma →Every word from Finnish tuhma →