Where does “mainosmies” come from?

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

mainosmies (Finnish): advertiser, ad man

Definitions

  1. advertiser, ad man

Ancestry of “mainosmies”, step by step

mainosmies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish mainos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmainosadvertisement
2Finnishmainoa—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →