Where does “painonmenetys” come from?

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

painonmenetys (Finnish): weight loss

Definitions

  1. weight loss

Ancestry of “painonmenetys”, step by step

painonmenetys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish menetys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmenetysloss
2Finnishmenettääto lose, miss
3Finnishmennäto go; to take, pass, spend, go
4Proto-Finnicmendäkto go
5Proto-Uralicmene-to go

via Finnish paino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainoweight; press; press, weight
2Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
3Proto-Uralicpajńa-press
Every word from Proto-Uralic mene- →Every word from Proto-Finnic mendäk →Every word from Finnish mennä →