Where does “majamees” come from?

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

majamees (Ingrian): (male) friend at whose place one often stays as a guest

Definitions

  1. (male) friend at whose place one often stays as a guest

Ancestry of “majamees”, step by step

majamees traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian mees

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

via Ingrian maja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmajatent
2Proto-Finnicmajahouse
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Ingrian mees →