Where does “metsämies” come from?

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

metsämies (Finnish): huntsman

Definitions

  1. huntsman

Ancestry of “metsämies”, step by step

metsämies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →