Where does “valamies” come from?

valamies (Finnish) comes from Finnish vala, from Proto-Finnic vala, from Proto-Uralic wala — song?; word?.

valamies (Finnish): juror

Definitions

  1. juror

Ancestry of “valamies”, step by step

valamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalaoath; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnicvalaoath
3Proto-Uralicwalasong?; word?

via Finnish mies

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

Words derived from “valamies”

Every word from Proto-Uralic wala →Every word from Proto-Finnic vala →Every word from Finnish vala →