Where does “isoverenimijä” come from?
isoverenimijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish verenimijä, from Finnish imijä, from Finnish imeä, from Proto-Finnic imedäk, from Proto-Uralic ime-, from Hungarian ím, from Hungarian i, from Hungarian e — this; not; the negative verb.
isoverenimijä (Finnish): common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus small, leaf-nosed bat native to Latin America
Definitions
- common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus small, leaf-nosed bat native to Latin America
Ancestry of “isoverenimijä”, step by step
isoverenimijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish verenimijä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | verenimijä | bloodsucker; vampire bat; bloodsucker, leech,... |
| 2 | Finnish | imijä | agent noun of imeä; sucker |
| 3 | Finnish | imeä | to suck; to absorb; to pull towards, attract |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | imedäk | to suck |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ime- | to suck |
| 6 | Hungarian | ím | behold! see! lo! |
| 7 | Hungarian | i | small, young |
| 8 | Hungarian | e | this; look!, hey! |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | e- | this; not; the negative verb |