Where does “konemies” come from?

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

konemies (Finnish): (male) engineer, machinist

Definitions

  1. (male) engineer, machinist

Ancestry of “konemies”, step by step

konemies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →