Where does “reissumies” come from?

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

reissumies (Finnish): vagabond

Definitions

  1. vagabond

Ancestry of “reissumies”, step by step

reissumies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish reissu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishreissuA trip
2Swedishreis(u)—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →