Where does “ylkämies” come from?

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

ylkämies (Finnish): groom

Definitions

  1. groom

Ancestry of “ylkämies”, step by step

ylkämies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

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

via Finnish ylkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylkägroom, bridegroom
2Proto-Albanianulkawolf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →