Where does “imetaja” come from?

imetaja (Estonian) comes from Estonian imetama, from Estonian imema, from Proto-Finnic imedäk, from Proto-Uralic ime-, from Hungarian ím, from Hungarian i, from Hungarian e, from Proto-Uralic e- — this; not; the negative verb.

imetaja (Estonian): mammal

Definitions

  1. mammal

Ancestry of “imetaja”, step by step

imetaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian imetama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianimetamato suckle
2Estonianimemato suck
3Proto-Finnicimedäkto suck
4Proto-Uralicime-to suck
5Hungarianímbehold! see! lo!
6Hungarianismall, young
7Hungarianethis; look!, hey!
8Proto-Uralice-this; not; the negative verb

via Estonian ja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianjaand
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Uralic e- →Every word from Hungarian e →Every word from Hungarian i →