mene ja tiedä

Finnish

Etymology

Literally, “go and know”, adopted to literary language from the eastern Finnish dialects. If originally mene tiedä (literally “go know”), perhaps a calque of Russian поди знай (podi znaj).[1]

Phrase

mene ja tiedä

  1. go figure
    Alternative form: mene tiedä

References

  1. ^ Sanojen alkuperästä: Mene tiedä. Kotimaisten kielten keskus
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