Where does “mänettää” come from?

mänettää (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian männä, from Proto-Finnic mendäk, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.

mänettää (Ingrian): to waste, squander

Definitions

  1. to waste, squander

Ancestry of “mänettää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmännäto go
2Proto-Finnicmendäkto go
3Proto-Uralicmene-to go
Every word from Proto-Uralic mene- →Every word from Proto-Finnic mendäk →Every word from Ingrian männä →
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