Where does “tyhmistyä” come from?

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

tyhmistyä (Finnish): to become stupid or stupider

Definitions

  1. to become stupid or stupider

Ancestry of “tyhmistyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyhmistääto make stupid or stupider
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 →