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Where does “imetama” come from?

imetama (Estonian) comes 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.

imetama (Estonian): to suckle

Definitions

  1. to suckle

Ancestry of “imetama”, step by step

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

Words derived from “imetama”

  • imetaja
Every word from Proto-Uralic e- →