Where does “sysimies” come from?

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

sysimies (Finnish): coalman, charcoal burner

Definitions

  1. coalman, charcoal burner

Ancestry of “sysimies”, step by step

sysimies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish sysi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsysipiece of charcoal; charcoal; Third-person...
2Proto-Finnicsücicoal, charcoal
3Proto-Uralicśüdecoal
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →
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