Where does “tylsyys” come from?

tylsyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish tylsä, from Proto-Finnic tülcä.

tylsyys (Finnish): dullness

Definitions

  1. dullness

Ancestry of “tylsyys”, step by step

tylsyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tylsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtylsädull, blunt; boring, dull, uninteresting
2Proto-Finnictülcä—

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi

Words derived from “tylsyys”

Every word from Proto-Finnic tülcä →Every word from Finnish tylsä →