Where does “kunnanasiamies” come from?

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

kunnanasiamies (Finnish): municipal representative, municipal agent

Definitions

  1. municipal representative, municipal agent

Ancestry of “kunnanasiamies”, step by step

kunnanasiamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asiamies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishasiamiesAn agent
2Finnishmiesman; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
4Proto-Finnicmeexes—

via Finnish kunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuntamunicipality, commune; local political division;...
2Proto-Finnickuntacommunity; group of people
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickunta—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →