Where does “tyrmäys” come from?
tyrmäys (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyrmätä, from Finnish tyrmä, from Russian тюрьма́, from Old East Slavic тюрма, from Proto-Turkic türmä — prison.
tyrmäys (Finnish): knockout
Ancestry of “tyrmäys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | tyrmätä | To stun, knock out; to reject, belittle or... |
| 2 | Finnish | tyrmä | dungeon; stiff, harsh, unfriendly, wretched, poor |
| 3 | Russian | тюрьма́ | — |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | тюрма | — |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | türmä | prison |
Words derived from “tyrmäys”