Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mees
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unclear. Two possibilities have been proposed:
- From earlier *meexes, borrowing from Proto-Germanic *mēgaz (“male in-law”).
- (less likely) Relationship to the Proto-Uralic root *mäńśɜ, reflected in the ethnonyms Mansi and Magyar, of Indo-Iranian origin (compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *mangjás (“man”), Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣyá)).
Both proposals have phonetic problems. At any rate, the word is an innovation replacing Proto-Uralic *koje (“man”).
Noun
[edit]*mees
Descendants
[edit]Categories:
- Proto-Finnic terms with unknown etymologies
- Proto-Finnic terms borrowed from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-Finnic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-Finnic terms derived from Proto-Uralic
- Proto-Finnic terms derived from Indo-Iranian languages
- Proto-Finnic lemmas
- Proto-Finnic nouns
- urj-fin-pro:People
- urj-fin-pro:Family members