Where does “imeminen” come from?

imeminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish imeä, 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.

Ancestry of “imeminen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishimeäto suck; to absorb; to pull towards, attract
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 “imeminen”

Every word from Proto-Uralic e- →