Where does “salausmenetelmä” come from?

salausmenetelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish menetelmä, from Finnish menetellä, from Finnish menettää, from Finnish mennä, from Proto-Finnic mendäk, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.

salausmenetelmä (Finnish): encryption method

Definitions

  1. encryption method

Ancestry of “salausmenetelmä”, step by step

salausmenetelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish menetelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmenetelmämethod; procedure
2FinnishmenetelläTo do, act, proceed; To do, be good enough
3Finnishmenettääto lose, miss
4Finnishmennäto go; to take, pass, spend, go
5Proto-Finnicmendäkto go
6Proto-Uralicmene-to go

via Finnish salaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsalausencryption
2Finnishsalatato conceal, keep secret, cover up, hide; to...
3FinnishsalaA secret
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
5Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Proto-Uralic mene- →Every word from Proto-Finnic mendäk →Every word from Finnish mennä →