Where does “putkimies” come from?

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

putkimies (Finnish): plumber

Definitions

  1. plumber

Ancestry of “putkimies”, step by step

putkimies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish putki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishputkitube, pipe; duct, conduit; barrel
2Proto-Finnicpuckiplant with a hollow stem, especially various plants of genus Angelica
3Proto-Uralicpučkehollow plant stalk
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →