Where does “emit” come from?
emit (Finnish) comes from Finnish emi, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
emit (Finnish): nominative plural of emi
Ancestry of “emit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | emi | pistil |
| 2 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |