Where does “rysämees” come from?

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

rysämees (Ingrian): fisherman who uses fyke nets

Definitions

  1. fisherman who uses fyke nets

Ancestry of “rysämees”, step by step

rysämees traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian mees

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

via Ingrian rysä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianrysäfyke net
2Middle Low Germanrǖse—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Ingrian mees →