Where does “poikamies” come from?

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

poikamies (Finnish): bachelor

Definitions

  1. bachelor

Ancestry of “poikamies”, step by step

poikamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish poika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoikaboy; son; young
2Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
3Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son

Words derived from “poikamies”

Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →