Where does “suurmies” come from?
suurmies (Finnish) comes from Finnish suur-, from Finnish suuri, from Proto-Finnic suuri, from Proto-Germanic stūra-.
suurmies (Finnish): great man
Ancestry of “suurmies”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | suur- | great, grand, major, macro- |
| 2 | Finnish | suuri | large; big; great |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | suuri | big, large |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | stūra- | — |