Where does “naistenmies” come from?

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

naistenmies (Finnish): womanizer

Definitions

  1. womanizer

Ancestry of “naistenmies”, step by step

naistenmies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish nainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnainenwoman; lady; first-person singular potential...
2Proto-Finnicnainenwoman; wife
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →