Where does “kirvesmies” come from?

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

kirvesmies (Finnish): carpenter

Definitions

  1. carpenter

Ancestry of “kirvesmies”, step by step

kirvesmies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish kirves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvesaxe
2Proto-Finnickirvesaxe

Words derived from “kirvesmies”

Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →