Where does “laskentamenetelmä” come from?

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

laskentamenetelmä (Finnish): calculation method

Definitions

  1. calculation method

Ancestry of “laskentamenetelmä”, step by step

laskentamenetelmä 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 laskenta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaskentacomputation, calculation; calculus
2Finnishlaskeato lower, drop; to put down, set down, lay down;...
3Proto-Finniclaskedakto drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow
4Proto-Uraliclaćke-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic mene- →Every word from Proto-Finnic mendäk →Every word from Finnish mennä →