Where does “jarrumies” come from?

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

jarrumies (Finnish): brakeman

Definitions

  1. brakeman

Ancestry of “jarrumies”, step by step

jarrumies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish jarru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjarrubrake; bromide
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexesEvery word from Proto-Finnic meesEvery word from Finnish mies