Where does “vikatimees” come from?

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

vikatimees (Estonian): somebody who mows lawn with a scythe

Definitions

  1. somebody who mows lawn with a scythe

Ancestry of “vikatimees”, step by step

vikatimees 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 vikat

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