Where does “puuhamies” come from?

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

puuhamies (Finnish): organizer, especially one who works on a...

Definitions

  1. organizer, especially one who works on a...

Ancestry of “puuhamies”, step by step

puuhamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish puuha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuhachore, work, trouble, undertaking, activity
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →