Where does “mies” come from?

mies (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic mees, from Proto-Finnic meexes.

mies (Karelian): man

Definitions

  1. man

Ancestry of “mies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →
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