Where does “napamies” come from?

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

napamies (Finnish): kingpin the most important person in an undertaking or organization

Definitions

  1. kingpin the most important person in an undertaking or organization

Ancestry of “napamies”, step by step

napamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish napa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnapanavel; pole; pivot
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*napa—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →