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

mennä manan majoille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mana

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-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish mennä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmennäto go; to take, pass, spend, go
2Proto-Finnicmendäkto go
3Proto-Uralicmene-to go
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →