Where does “aluemenetys” come from?

aluemenetys (Finnish) comes from Finnish menetys, from Finnish menettää, from Finnish mennä, from Proto-Finnic mendäk, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.

aluemenetys (Finnish): loss of territory, territorial loss

Definitions

  1. loss of territory, territorial loss

Ancestry of “aluemenetys”, step by step

aluemenetys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish menetys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmenetysloss
2Finnishmenettääto lose, miss
3Finnishmennäto go; to take, pass, spend, go
4Proto-Finnicmendäkto go
5Proto-Uralicmene-to go

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic mene- →Every word from Proto-Finnic mendäk →Every word from Finnish mennä →