Where does “peigmees” come from?

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

peigmees (Estonian): bridegroom

Definitions

  1. bridegroom

Ancestry of “peigmees”, step by step

peigmees 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 peig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpeig—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Estonian mees →