Where does “imettäjä” come from?

imettäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish imettää, 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.

imettäjä (Finnish): wet nurse

Definitions

  1. wet nurse

Ancestry of “imettäjä”, step by step

imettäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish imettää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishimettääto breastfeed
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 jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Uralic e- →Every word from Hungarian e →Every word from Hungarian i →