Where does “ehkäisymenetelmä” come from?

ehkäisymenetelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish menetelmä, from Finnish menetellä, from Finnish menettää, from Finnish mennä, from Proto-Finnic mendäk, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.

ehkäisymenetelmä (Finnish): contraceptive

Definitions

  1. contraceptive

Ancestry of “ehkäisymenetelmä”, step by step

ehkäisymenetelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish menetelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmenetelmämethod; procedure
2FinnishmenetelläTo do, act, proceed; To do, be good enough
3Finnishmenettääto lose, miss
4Finnishmennäto go; to take, pass, spend, go
5Proto-Finnicmendäkto go
6Proto-Uralicmene-to go

via Finnish ehkäisy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishehkäisyprevention; contraception; When used as modifier...
2FinnishehkäistäTo prevent, keep from occurring, avert, block,...
3Finnishehkäperhaps, maybe; although, though
4Proto-Finnicehkäperhaps, maybe
Every word from Proto-Uralic mene- →Every word from Proto-Finnic mendäk →Every word from Finnish mennä →