Where does “miekkamies” come from?

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

miekkamies (Finnish): swordsman man or person who fights with a sword

Definitions

  1. swordsman man or person who fights with a sword

Ancestry of “miekkamies”, step by step

miekkamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish miekka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiekkasword
2Proto-Finnicmeekkasword
3Proto-Germanicmēkijazsword
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →
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