Where does “imukarppi” come from?
imukarppi (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.
imukarppi (Finnish): catostomid, sucker freshwater cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae whose mouth parts are specialized for sucking food from the bottom of water
Definitions
- catostomid, sucker freshwater cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae whose mouth parts are specialized for sucking food from the bottom of water
Ancestry of “imukarppi”, step by step
imukarppi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish imu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | imu | suction; undertow; slipstream |
| 2 | Finnish | imeä | to suck; to absorb; to pull towards, attract |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | imedäk | to suck |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ime- | to suck |
| 5 | Hungarian | ím | behold! see! lo! |
| 6 | Hungarian | i | small, young |
| 7 | Hungarian | e | this; look!, hey! |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | e- | this; not; the negative verb |