Where does “imemisikä” come from?

imemisikä (Finnish) comes from Finnish imeminen, 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 “imemisikä”, step by step

imemisikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish imeminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishimeminen—
2Finnishimeäto suck; to absorb; to pull towards, attract
3Proto-Finnicimedäkto suck
4Proto-Uralicime-to suck
5Hungarianímbehold! see! lo!
6Hungarianismall, young
7Hungarianethis; look!, hey!
8Proto-Uralice-this; not; the negative verb

via Finnish ikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishikäage; life; lifetime
2Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
3Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year
Every word from Proto-Uralic e- →Every word from Hungarian e →Every word from Hungarian i →