Where does “supermies” come from?

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

supermies (Finnish): superman man of extraordinary or seemingly superhuman powers

Definitions

  1. superman man of extraordinary or seemingly superhuman powers

Ancestry of “supermies”, step by step

supermies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish super

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuper—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →