Where does “tervemenoa” come from?

tervemenoa (Finnish) comes from Finnish terve, from Proto-Finnic terveh, from Proto-Finnic -eh — Forms nominals.

tervemenoa (Finnish): good riddance

Definitions

  1. good riddance

Ancestry of “tervemenoa”, step by step

tervemenoa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish terve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtervehealthy, sane; healthy, sound; sound, well
2Proto-Finnictervehhealthy, well; solid, whole
3Proto-Finnic-ehForms nominals

via Finnish menoa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmenoaPartitive singular form of meno
2Finnishmenogoing; course, ride; expense, expenditure
3Proto-Finnicmenogoing
Every word from Proto-Finnic -eh →Every word from Proto-Finnic terveh →Every word from Finnish terve →