Where does “kyttämees” come from?

kyttämees (Ingrian) comes from Finnish kyttä, from Swedish skytte, from Swedish skytta.

Ancestry of “kyttämees”, step by step

kyttämees traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kyttä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyttäshooter; stalker, hunter; someone who keeps...
2Swedishskytteshooting
3Swedishskytta—

via Ingrian mees

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmeesman
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Swedish skytta →