Where does “kastelumenetelmä” come from?

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

kastelumenetelmä (Finnish): irrigation method

Definitions

  1. irrigation method

Ancestry of “kastelumenetelmä”, step by step

kastelumenetelmä 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 kastelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasteluirrigation; watering; wetting
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic mene- →Every word from Proto-Finnic mendäk →Every word from Finnish mennä →