Where does “sammakkomies” come from?

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

sammakkomies (Finnish): frogman

Definitions

  1. frogman

Ancestry of “sammakkomies”, step by step

sammakkomies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish sammakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammakkofrog; common frog
2Finnish-kkoForms collective nouns; Forms nouns denoting...
3Proto-Finnic-kko—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →