Where does “miespiha” come from?

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

miespiha (Finnish): the yard surrounded by buildings in a farm house, used by people as opposed to animals

Definitions

  1. the yard surrounded by buildings in a farm house, used by people as opposed to animals

Ancestry of “miespiha”, step by step

miespiha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish piha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihayard; at sea
2Proto-Finnicpihayard
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →