Where does “esimees” come from?

esimees (Estonian) comes from Estonian mees, from Proto-Finnic mees, from Proto-Finnic meexes.

esimees (Estonian): chairman, chairperson, chair, president man or person of unspecified gender presiding over a meeting or organization

Definitions

  1. chairman, chairperson, chair, president man or person of unspecified gender presiding over a meeting or organization

Ancestry of “esimees”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmeesman; husband; inessive singular of mesi
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Estonian mees →
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