Where does “hengenmies” come from?

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

hengenmies (Finnish): cleric, clergyman, spiritualist

Definitions

  1. cleric, clergyman, spiritualist

Ancestry of “hengenmies”, step by step

hengenmies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish henki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhenkibreath; spirit, ghost; life
2Proto-Finnichenkibreath; soul, life force
3Proto-Uralicčeŋke—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →