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Where does “imeytyä” come from?

imeytyä (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.

imeytyä (Finnish): to become sucked up, absorbed

Definitions

  1. to become sucked up, absorbed

Ancestry of “imeytyä”, 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
Every word from Proto-Uralic e- →