Where does “joutomies” come from?

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

joutomies (Finnish): idler, loafer, man doing nothing useful, inactive man

Definitions

  1. idler, loafer, man doing nothing useful, inactive man

Ancestry of “joutomies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →