Where does “sanomalehtimies” come from?

sanomalehtimies (Finnish) comes from Finnish sanomalehti, from Finnish sanoma, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

sanomalehtimies (Finnish): newspaperman

Definitions

  1. newspaperman

Ancestry of “sanomalehtimies”, step by step

sanomalehtimies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sanomalehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsanomalehtiA newspaper
2FinnishsanomaA message, communication; Agent participle of...
3FinnishmäI
4FinnishminäI; ego; self
5Proto-FinnicminäI, me
6Uralic*minä—

via Finnish mies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →