Where does “mehelik” come from?

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

mehelik (Estonian): manly, masculine

Definitions

  1. manly, masculine

Ancestry of “mehelik”, 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 →