Where does “mennä myttyyn” come from?
mennä myttyyn (Finnish) comes from Finnish mytty, from Finnish mutta, from Finnish muu, from Proto-Finnic muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mu.
mennä myttyyn (Finnish): to fail, collapse
Ancestry of “mennä myttyyn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | mytty | bundle |
| 2 | Finnish | mutta | but; ifs, ands, or buts; in a negative phrase,... |
| 3 | Finnish | muu | other, another; the others; else |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | muu | other, another; different |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | mu | — |