Where does “erotusmenetelmä” come from?

erotusmenetelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish erotus, from Finnish erottaa, from Finnish erota, from Finnish ero, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

erotusmenetelmä (Finnish): separation process

Definitions

  1. separation process

Ancestry of “erotusmenetelmä”, step by step

erotusmenetelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish erotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisherotusdifference; difference, relative complement;...
2Finnisherottaato separate; to divide; to fire, dismiss
3Finnisherotato divorce; to differ, be different; to resign
4Finnisherodifference, distinction; Short for avioero;...
5Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
7Proto-Uralic-w

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
Every word from Proto-Uralic -wEvery word from Finnish -oEvery word from Proto-Finnic -o