Where does “jumalamees” come from?

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

jumalamees (Estonian): man of God

Definitions

  1. man of God

Ancestry of “jumalamees”, step by step

jumalamees traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian mees

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmeesman; husband; inessive singular of mesi
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—

via Estonian jumal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianjumalgod; God
2Proto-Finnicjumalagod
3Proto-Finno-Permicjumasky, god
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Estonian mees →