Where does “ryyppymies” come from?

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

ryyppymies (Finnish): drunkard, booze drinker

Definitions

  1. drunkard, booze drinker

Ancestry of “ryyppymies”, step by step

ryyppymies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish ryyppy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishryyppydrink, dram, snifter; gulp, sip; primer
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →