Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mees

Etymology
. Two possibilities have been proposed: Both proposals have phonetic problems. At any rate, the word is an innovation replacing 🇨🇬.
 * From earlier, borrowing from.
 * Relationship to the root, reflected in the ethnonyms  and , of  origin (compare  🇨🇬, 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1)  man, male
 * 2)  husband

Descendants

 * Courland Livonian:
 * Vidzeme Livonian:
 * Courland Livonian:
 * Vidzeme Livonian:
 * Courland Livonian:
 * Vidzeme Livonian:
 * Vidzeme Livonian: