Where does “rikkaimuri” come from?

rikkaimuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish imuri, 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.

rikkaimuri (Finnish): handheld vacuum cleaner

Definitions

  1. handheld vacuum cleaner

Ancestry of “rikkaimuri”, step by step

rikkaimuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish imuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishimurivacuum cleaner; fan
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 rikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrikkamote, litter; "short for" rikkakasvi
2Proto-Finnicrikka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic e- →Every word from Hungarian e →Every word from Hungarian i →