Where does “pehmomies” come from?

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

pehmomies (Finnish): soft guy, soft man, softy

Definitions

  1. soft guy, soft man, softy

Ancestry of “pehmomies”, step by step

pehmomies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish pehmo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpehmosofty; When used as modifier in a compound term,...
2Finnishpehmeäsoft; silky; smooth
3Proto-Finnicpehmedäsoft
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →