Where does “pallonmenetys” come from?

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

pallonmenetys (Finnish): losing the ball, losing possession of the ball

Definitions

  1. losing the ball, losing possession of the ball

Ancestry of “pallonmenetys”, step by step

pallonmenetys 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 pallo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalloball; balloon; orb, sphere, globe
2Proto-Germanicballôball
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic mene- →Every word from Proto-Finnic mendäk →Every word from Finnish mennä →