Where does “potilasasiamies” come from?

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

potilasasiamies (Finnish): patient ombudsman

Definitions

  1. patient ombudsman

Ancestry of “potilasasiamies”, step by step

potilasasiamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asiamies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishasiamiesAn agent
2Finnishmiesman; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
4Proto-Finnicmeexes—

via Finnish potilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpotilaspatient
2FinnishpoteaTo be sick with, have, suffer from
3Proto-Finnicpotedakto be sick with, to suffer from
4Proto-Finnicpoče-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →