Where does “tyhmyri” come from?

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

tyhmyri (Finnish): simpleton, fool, dummy

Definitions

  1. simpleton, fool, dummy

Ancestry of “tyhmyri”, step by step

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