Where does “nuorimies” come from?

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

nuorimies (Finnish): young man, youth

Definitions

  1. young man, youth

Ancestry of “nuorimies”, step by step

nuorimies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish nuori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuoriyoung; a young person; youth
2Proto-Finnicnooriyoung
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →