Where does “naamiointimenetelmä” come from?
naamiointimenetelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish menetelmä, from Finnish menetellä, from Finnish menettää, from Finnish mennä, from Proto-Finnic mendäk, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.
naamiointimenetelmä (Finnish): masking method
Definitions
- masking method
Ancestry of “naamiointimenetelmä”, step by step
naamiointimenetelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish menetelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | menetelmä | method; procedure |
| 2 | Finnish | menetellä | To do, act, proceed; To do, be good enough |
| 3 | Finnish | menettää | to lose, miss |
| 4 | Finnish | mennä | to go; to take, pass, spend, go |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | mendäk | to go |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | mene- | to go |
via Finnish naamiointi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | naamiointi | disguise |
| 2 | Finnish | naamioida | to disguise, mask |
| 3 | Finnish | naamio | mask |
| 4 | Finnish | naama | face; face, mouth |
| 5 | Proto-Samic | nāmē | velvet on reindeer antlers |