Where does “setämies” come from?

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

setämies (Finnish): an older bachelor living with his brother's family

Definitions

  1. an older bachelor living with his brother's family

Ancestry of “setämies”, step by step

setämies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish setä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsetäpaternal uncle, uncle; man
2Swedishskädda—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →