Where does “robotti-imuri” come from?

robotti-imuri (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.

robotti-imuri (Finnish): robotic vacuum cleaner

Definitions

  1. robotic vacuum cleaner

Ancestry of “robotti-imuri”, step by step

robotti-imuri 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 robotti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrobottirobot
2Czechrobotrobot in humanoid form
3Czechrobotaserfdom, villeinage; corvee; any arduous work;...
4Old Czechrobotaservitude, enslavement
5Proto-Slavicorbòtawork
6Proto-Slavicorbъservant, slave
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃órbʰosorphan; servant, slave, worker
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erbʰ-to change allegiance, status, ownership;...
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