Where does “rivimies” come from?

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

rivimies (Finnish): rank-and-filer; rank and file

Definitions

  1. rank-and-filer; rank and file

Ancestry of “rivimies”, step by step

rivimies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish rivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrivirow, line; line; rank
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →