Where does “menetys” come from?

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

menetys (Finnish): loss

Definitions

  1. loss

Ancestry of “menetys”, step by step

menetys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish menettää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmenettääto lose, miss
2Finnishmennäto go; to take, pass, spend, go
3Proto-Finnicmendäkto go
4Proto-Uralicmene-to go

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “menetys”

Every word from Proto-Uralic mene- →Every word from Proto-Finnic mendäk →Every word from Finnish mennä →