Where does “nuijamies” come from?

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

nuijamies (Finnish): a man holding a cudgel as seen in some coats of arms

Definitions

  1. a man holding a cudgel as seen in some coats of arms

Ancestry of “nuijamies”, step by step

nuijamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish nuija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuijaclub; mallet, maul; bludgeon
2Proto-Finnicnuijaclub, cudgel
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →