Where does “katsastusmies” come from?
katsastusmies (Finnish) comes from Finnish mies, from Proto-Finnic mees, from Proto-Finnic meexes.
katsastusmies (Finnish): inspector, examiner
Ancestry of “katsastusmies”, step by step
katsastusmies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mies
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mies | man; husband |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | mees | man, male; husband |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | meexes | — |
via Finnish katsastus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | katsastus | A routine inspection or checkup, especially an (annual) obligatory inspection of a car |
| 2 | Finnish | -us | Forms nouns from verbs, describing an action or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -us | Forms some nouns from nominal stems |