Where does “ohjusmies” come from?

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

ohjusmies (Finnish): missileman, usually in anti-aircraft corps

Definitions

  1. missileman, usually in anti-aircraft corps

Ancestry of “ohjusmies”, step by step

ohjusmies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish ohjus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohjusmissile, guided missile
2Finnishohjatato steer, pilot, navigate, drive a vehicle; to...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ohjat'ak—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →