Where does “miesystävä” come from?

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

miesystävä (Finnish): adult boyfriend

Definitions

  1. adult boyfriend

Ancestry of “miesystävä”, step by step

miesystävä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish ystävä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishystäväfriend
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →