Where does “miehisyys” come from?

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

miehisyys (Finnish): manliness

Definitions

  1. manliness

Ancestry of “miehisyys”, step by step

miehisyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish miehinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiehinenmanly
2Finnishmiesman; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
4Proto-Finnicmeexes—

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →