Where does “asemamies” come from?

asemamies (Finnish) comes from Finnish mies, from Proto-Finnic mees, from Proto-Finnic meexes.

asemamies (Finnish): stationmaster

Definitions

  1. stationmaster

Ancestry of “asemamies”, step by step

asemamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—

via Finnish asema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasemastate, position, situation; status; station
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →