Where does “soidinmenot” come from?

soidinmenot (Finnish) comes from Finnish soidin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

soidinmenot (Finnish): courtship display

Definitions

  1. courtship display

Ancestry of “soidinmenot”, step by step

soidinmenot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish soidin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoidinmating display, courtship, lek
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish meno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmenogoing; course, ride; expense, expenditure
2Proto-Finnicmenogoing
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish soidin →