Where does “imu” come from?

imu (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.

imu (Estonian): suction, sucking

Definitions

  1. suction, sucking

Ancestry of “imu”, 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 “imu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic e- →Every word from Hungarian e →Every word from Hungarian i →
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