Where does “imuote” come from?

imuote (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.

imuote (Finnish): latch baby's connection to the breast

Definitions

  1. latch baby's connection to the breast

Ancestry of “imuote”, step by step

imuote 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 ote

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishotegrasp, grip; approach, mindset; citation,...
2Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
3Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Uralic e-Every word from Hungarian eEvery word from Hungarian i