Where does “leskimies” come from?

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

leskimies (Finnish): widower

Definitions

  1. widower

Ancestry of “leskimies”, step by step

leskimies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish leski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleskiwidow female, widower male
2Proto-Finno-Ugricleski—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →