Where does “tyrmäysisku” come from?
tyrmäysisku (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyrmäys, from Finnish tyrmätä, from Finnish tyrmä, from Russian тюрьма́, from Old East Slavic тюрма, from Proto-Turkic türmä — prison.
tyrmäysisku (Finnish): knockout blow, Sunday punch
Definitions
- knockout blow, Sunday punch
Ancestry of “tyrmäysisku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | tyrmäys | knockout |
| 2 | Finnish | tyrmätä | To stun, knock out; to reject, belittle or... |
| 3 | Finnish | tyrmä | dungeon; stiff, harsh, unfriendly, wretched, poor |
| 4 | Russian | тюрьма́ | — |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | тюрма | — |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | türmä | prison |