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Where does “mennä manan majoille” come from?

mennä manan majoille (Finnish) comes from Finnish mana, from Finnish manala, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

mennä manan majoille (Finnish): to pass away

Definitions

  1. to pass away

Ancestry of “mennä manan majoille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmanadeath, Death; mana
2FinnishmanalaThe place where people go after death; Any...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-s—
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →