Where does “kalamies” come from?

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

kalamies (Finnish): fisherman

Definitions

  1. fisherman

Ancestry of “kalamies”, step by step

kalamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →