Where does “naikkimees” come from?

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

naikkimees (Ingrian): man that is shortly to be married

Definitions

  1. man that is shortly to be married

Ancestry of “naikkimees”, step by step

naikkimees traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian mees

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

via Ingrian naija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriannaijato marry
2Proto-Finnicnaidakto marry
3Proto-Finno-Ugricnaje-
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes
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