Where does “mennä rikki” come from?

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

mennä rikki (Finnish): to break down

Definitions

  1. to break down

Ancestry of “mennä rikki”, step by step

mennä rikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mennä

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

via Finnish rikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrikkisulfur, sulphur; broken
2Finnishrikkoato break; to violate, breach; to offend, to...
3Proto-Finnicrikkodakto break; to ruin, to mar, to damage
Every word from Proto-Uralic mene- →Every word from Proto-Finnic mendäk →Every word from Finnish mennä →