Where does “impeys” come from?

impeys (Finnish) comes from Finnish Impi, from Finnish impi, from Proto-Finnic impi.

impeys (Finnish): virginity

Definitions

  1. virginity

Ancestry of “impeys”, step by step

impeys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Impi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishImpiused around 1900; rare today
2Finnishimpivirgin
3Proto-Finnicimpi—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Finnic impi →Every word from Finnish impi →Every word from Finnish Impi →