Where does “imeä” come from?

imeä (Finnish) comes 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.

imeä (Finnish): to suck; to absorb; to pull towards, attract

Definitions

  1. to suck; to absorb; to pull towards, attract

Ancestry of “imeä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “imeä”

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