Where does “mamis” come from?

mamis (Finnish) comes from Finnish mammanpoika, from Finnish poika, from Proto-Finnic poika, from Proto-Uralic pojka — boy; son.

mamis (Finnish): mama's boy; sissy; in plural, men's long...

Definitions

  1. mama's boy; sissy; in plural, men's long...

Ancestry of “mamis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmammanpoikamama's boy, momma's boy, mollycoddle; sissy
2Finnishpoikaboy; son; young
3Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
4Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son
Every word from Proto-Uralic pojka →Every word from Proto-Finnic poika →Every word from Finnish poika →