Where does “menomesta” come from?

menomesta (Finnish) comes from Finnish mesta, from Russian ме́сто, from Old East Slavic мѣсто, from Proto-Slavic město — place, location; settlement, town, city.

menomesta (Finnish): hot spot, attraction

Definitions

  1. hot spot, attraction

Ancestry of “menomesta”, step by step

menomesta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mesta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmestaA place
2Russianме́стоplace, city; place, position
3Old East Slavicмѣсто—
4Proto-Slavicměstoplace, location; settlement, town, city

via Finnish meno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmenogoing; course, ride; expense, expenditure
2Proto-Finnicmenogoing
Every word from Proto-Slavic město →Every word from Old East Slavic мѣсто →Every word from Russian ме́сто →