Where does “-imi” come from?
-imi (Aromanian) comes from Vietnamese mì, from Italian mi, from Latin mihi, from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
Ancestry of “-imi”, step by step
-imi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese mì
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | mì | Short for mì ăn liền; instant noodles cooked... |
| 2 | Italian | mi | me; The third note, mi; E |
| 3 | Latin | mihi | dative of ego, indirect object form; me; to me |
| 4 | Latin | egō | I; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | egō | I |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |
via Proto-Bantu ì-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Bantu | ì- | Class 5 noun prefix |
via Yoruba mí
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Yoruba | mí | me first-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a high-tone monosyllabic verb |
Words derived from “-imi”