Where does “hohlamees” come from?

hohlamees (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian mees, from Proto-Finnic mees, from Proto-Finnic meexes.

hohlamees (Ingrian): ragpicker, rag-and-bone man

Definitions

  1. ragpicker, rag-and-bone man

Ancestry of “hohlamees”, step by step

hohlamees traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian mees

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

via Ingrian hohla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianhohlarag, tatter
2Russianхохо́лkhokhol; crest; Ukrainian
3Proto-Slavicxoxolъcrest, topknot, tuft of hair or feathers
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