Where does “imusuu” come from?

imusuu (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.

imusuu (Finnish): suckermouth

Definitions

  1. suckermouth

Ancestry of “imusuu”, step by step

imusuu 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 suu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuumouth
2Proto-Finnicsüüthread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause
3Proto-Uralicśuwemouth
Every word from Proto-Uralic e- →Every word from Hungarian e →Every word from Hungarian i →