Where does “talkoomies” come from?

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

talkoomies (Finnish): someone taking in a bee or dugnad community gathering to share labour

Definitions

  1. someone taking in a bee or dugnad community gathering to share labour

Ancestry of “talkoomies”, step by step

talkoomies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish talkoot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalkootbee; Synonym of talkootyö
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →