Where does “moukarimies” come from?

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

moukarimies (Finnish): (male) hammer thrower

Definitions

  1. (male) hammer thrower

Ancestry of “moukarimies”, step by step

moukarimies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish moukari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmoukarimaul; A hammer
2Swedishmåkarehammer
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →