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

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of emi

Ancestry of “emit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishemipistil
2Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
3Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish emi →