Where does “ihmisystävä” come from?

ihmisystävä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ihminen, from Finnish inhiminen, from Proto-Finnic inhiminen — human, human being.

ihmisystävä (Finnish): philanthropist

Definitions

  1. philanthropist

Ancestry of “ihmisystävä”, step by step

ihmisystävä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ihminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihminenhuman, human being; person
2Finnishinhiminen—
3Proto-Finnicinhiminenhuman, human being

via Finnish ystävä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishystäväfriend
Every word from Proto-Finnic inhiminen →Every word from Finnish inhiminen →Every word from Finnish ihminen →