Where does “miesvahvuus” come from?

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

miesvahvuus (Finnish): manpower

Definitions

  1. manpower

Ancestry of “miesvahvuus”, step by step

miesvahvuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish vahvuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvahvuusstrength; muster
2Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
3Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →