Where does “saarnamies” come from?

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

saarnamies (Finnish): preacher

Definitions

  1. preacher

Ancestry of “saarnamies”, step by step

saarnamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish saarna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaarnasermon
2Proto-Finnicsaarna—
3Proto-Finno-Ugricśarnaincantation, speech
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →
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