Where does “yllytyshullu” come from?
yllytyshullu (Finnish) comes from Finnish yllytys, from Finnish yllyttää, from Finnish yltyä, from Finnish yltää, from Finnish ylä-, from Finnish alhaalla, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala — below.
yllytyshullu (Finnish): person that is easily incited to do something often harmful or otherwise unusual
Definitions
- person that is easily incited to do something often harmful or otherwise unusual
Ancestry of “yllytyshullu”, step by step
yllytyshullu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish yllytys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yllytys | incitement |
| 2 | Finnish | yllyttää | to incite; to agitate, stir up, excite; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | yltyä | to rise; to increase; to get worse, intensify |
| 4 | Finnish | yltää | To reach; To be/come up to |
| 5 | Finnish | ylä- | upper; superior, high, higher |
| 6 | Finnish | alhaalla | down below, below; down (here/there) |
| 7 | Finnish | ala- | under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |