Where does “imukorkeus” come from?

imukorkeus (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.

imukorkeus (Finnish): suction height

Definitions

  1. suction height

Ancestry of “imukorkeus”, step by step

imukorkeus 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 korkeus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorkeusheight; altitude
2Proto-Finnickorkeducheight; altitude
3Proto-Finnickorkedatall, high
Every word from Proto-Uralic e-