Where does “meesrahvas” come from?

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

meesrahvas (Ingrian): menfolk, manhood

Definitions

  1. menfolk, manhood

Ancestry of “meesrahvas”, step by step

meesrahvas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian mees

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

via Ingrian rahvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianrahvaspeople, nation
2Proto-Finnicrahvaspeople, folk
3Proto-Germanicþrawwazfull-grown
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →