Where does “imijä” come from?

imijä (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.

imijä (Finnish): agent noun of imeä; sucker

Definitions

  1. agent noun of imeä; sucker

Ancestry of “imijä”, step by step

imijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish imeä

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

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

Words derived from “imijä”

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