Where does “lehtimies” come from?

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

lehtimies (Finnish): A journalist

Definitions

  1. A journalist

Ancestry of “lehtimies”, step by step

lehtimies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →