Where does “kirjamees” come from?

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

kirjamees (Ingrian): literate person

Definitions

  1. literate person

Ancestry of “kirjamees”, step by step

kirjamees traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian mees

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

via Ingrian kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankirjabook
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Ingrian mees →