Where does “jalkamies” come from?

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

jalkamies (Finnish): pedestrian; pavement artist

Definitions

  1. pedestrian; pavement artist

Ancestry of “jalkamies”, step by step

jalkamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →
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