Where does “mieslisä” come from?

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

mieslisä (Finnish): man bonus in reference to the gender pay gap

Definitions

  1. man bonus in reference to the gender pay gap

Ancestry of “mieslisä”, step by step

mieslisä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish lisä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlisäaddition, increase, supplement
2Proto-Finniclisäaddition, increase
3Proto-Finno-Permiclisä—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →