Where does “ansionmenetys” come from?

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

ansionmenetys (Finnish): loss of income

Definitions

  1. loss of income

Ancestry of “ansionmenetys”, step by step

ansionmenetys 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 ansio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishansiomerit; income; virtue
2Finnishansatrap; booby trap
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ansa—
Every word from Proto-Uralic mene- →Every word from Proto-Finnic mendäk →Every word from Finnish mennä →