Where does “männä” come from?
männä (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic mendäk, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.
männä (Karelian): to go
Ancestry of “männä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | mendäk | to go |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | mene- | to go |