Where does “menetelmä” come from?

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

menetelmä (Finnish): method; procedure

Definitions

  1. method; procedure

Ancestry of “menetelmä”, step by step

menetelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish menetellä

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

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishI
2FinnishminäI; ego; self
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä

Words derived from “menetelmä

Every word from Proto-Uralic mene-Every word from Proto-Finnic mendäkEvery word from Finnish mennä