Where does “laitamies” come from?

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

laitamies (Finnish): any player positioned on the side of a pitch

Definitions

  1. any player positioned on the side of a pitch

Ancestry of “laitamies”, step by step

laitamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish laita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaitaedge, margin, border, verge, brink, side; brim;...
2Finnish-mpiForms comparative adjectives; Forms adjectives...
3Proto-Uralic-mpa—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →