Where does “miehenkipeä” come from?

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

miehenkipeä (Finnish): lovesick for a man

Definitions

  1. lovesick for a man

Ancestry of “miehenkipeä”, step by step

miehenkipeä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish kipeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkipeäill, sick; sore, aching, painful; very good
2Proto-Finnickipedäsore, painful, aching
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →