Where does “kenttämies” come from?

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

kenttämies (Finnish): fieldman

Definitions

  1. fieldman

Ancestry of “kenttämies”, step by step

kenttämies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish kenttä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenttäfield; A limited area where a game is played, a...
2Proto-Samickientēmeadow, field
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →