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

Definitions

  1. great man

Ancestry of “suurmies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuur-great, grand, major, macro-
2Finnishsuurilarge; big; great
3Proto-Finnicsuuribig, large
4Proto-Germanicstūra-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic stūra- →Every word from Proto-Finnic suuri →Every word from Finnish suuri →