Where does “miehenmentävä” come from?

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

miehenmentävä (Finnish): of a hole, tube etc. man-sized just large enough for a man to pass through

Definitions

  1. of a hole, tube etc. man-sized just large enough for a man to pass through

Ancestry of “miehenmentävä”, step by step

miehenmentävä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish mennä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmennäto go; to take, pass, spend, go
2Proto-Finnicmendäkto go
3Proto-Uralicmene-to go
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →