Where does “meesterahvas” come from?

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

meesterahvas (Estonian): man

Definitions

  1. man

Ancestry of “meesterahvas”, step by step

meesterahvas 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 rahvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianrahvaspeople
2Proto-Finnicrahvaspeople, folk
3Proto-Germanicþrawwazfull-grown
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Estonian mees →