Where does “jokamies” come from?

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

jokamies (Finnish): everyman

Definitions

  1. everyman

Ancestry of “jokamies”, step by step

jokamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish joka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokawho, which, that; every, each
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →