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

Definitions

  1. to fail, collapse

Ancestry of “mennä myttyyn”, step by step

mennä myttyyn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mytty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyttybundle
2Finnishmuttabut; ifs, ands, or buts; in a negative phrase,...
3Finnishmuuother, another; the others; else
4Proto-Finnicmuuother, another; different
5Proto-Finno-Ugricmu—

via Finnish mennä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmennäto go; to take, pass, spend, go
2Proto-Finnicmendäkto go
3Proto-Uralicmene-to go
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mu →Every word from Proto-Finnic muu →Every word from Finnish muu →