Where does “tyhmyys” come from?

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

tyhmyys (Finnish): dumbness

Definitions

  1. dumbness

Ancestry of “tyhmyys”, step by step

tyhmyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tyhmä

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

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi

Words derived from “tyhmyys”

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