Where does “näälämies” come from?

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

näälämies (Finnish): wife's brother

Definitions

  1. wife's brother

Ancestry of “näälämies”, step by step

näälämies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish näälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnääläwife's brother
2Proto-Finnicnääläbrother-in-law (one's wife's brother)
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →