Where does “muskettimies” come from?

muskettimies (Finnish) comes from Finnish musketti, from French mousquet, from Italian moschetto, from Italian Mosca, from Latin musca, from Ancient Greek μυῖα, from Proto-Indo-European mūs- — fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

muskettimies (Finnish): A musketeer

Definitions

  1. A musketeer

Ancestry of “muskettimies”, step by step

muskettimies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish musketti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuskettimusket
2Frenchmousquetmusket
3Italianmoschettomusket
4ItalianMoscafly
5Latinmuscaa fly; an inquisitive or prying people
6Ancient Greekμυῖαa fly
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmūs-fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

via Finnish mies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mūs- →Every word from Ancient Greek μυῖα →Every word from Latin musca →