Where does “tajunmenetys” come from?

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

tajunmenetys (Finnish): loss of consciousness, blackout

Definitions

  1. loss of consciousness, blackout

Ancestry of “tajunmenetys”, step by step

tajunmenetys 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 taju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtajuconsciousness; sense
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic mene- →Every word from Proto-Finnic mendäk →Every word from Finnish mennä →