Where does “mittamies” come from?

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

mittamies (Finnish): measurer

Definitions

  1. measurer

Ancestry of “mittamies”, step by step

mittamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →