Where does “erikoismies” come from?

erikoismies (Finnish) comes from Finnish erikoinen, from Finnish eri, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *erei, from Proto-Indo-European er- — eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...

erikoismies (Finnish): (male) specialist

Definitions

  1. (male) specialist

Ancestry of “erikoismies”, step by step

erikoismies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish erikoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisherikoinenSpecial, exceptional, out of the ordinary;...
2Finnisheridifferent, other, another; different, separate;...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*erei—
4Proto-Indo-Europeaner-eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...

via Finnish mies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European er- →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *erei →Every word from Finnish eri →