Where does “venäläismies” come from?

venäläismies (Finnish) comes from Finnish Venäläinen, from Finnish vena, from Finnish venäjä, from Finnish venät — A Russian.

venäläismies (Finnish): Russian man

Definitions

  1. Russian man

Ancestry of “venäläismies”, step by step

venäläismies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Venäläinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVenäläinenRussian
2Finnishvenavein
3FinnishvenäjäRussian
4FinnishvenätA Russian

via Finnish mies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes
Every word from Finnish venätEvery word from Finnish venäjäEvery word from Finnish vena