Where does “työmenekki” come from?

työmenekki (Finnish) comes from Finnish menekki, from Finnish mennä, from Proto-Finnic mendäk, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.

työmenekki (Finnish): amount of labor required, measured in e.g. man-hours

Definitions

  1. amount of labor required, measured in e.g. man-hours

Ancestry of “työmenekki”, step by step

työmenekki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish menekki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmenekkiconsumption, sales, demand
2Finnishmennäto go; to take, pass, spend, go
3Proto-Finnicmendäkto go
4Proto-Uralicmene-to go

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Uralic mene- →Every word from Proto-Finnic mendäk →Every word from Finnish mennä →