Where does “imukärsä” come from?

imukärsä (Finnish) comes from Finnish imu, 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.

imukärsä (Finnish): proboscis

Definitions

  1. proboscis

Ancestry of “imukärsä”, step by step

imukärsä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish imu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishimusuction; undertow; slipstream
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 kärsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärsätrunk, proboscis; snout; proboscis
2Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
3Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
4Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
Every word from Proto-Uralic e- →Every word from Hungarian e →Every word from Hungarian i →