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