Where does “verenimijä” come from?
verenimijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish imijä, 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.
verenimijä (Finnish): bloodsucker; vampire bat; bloodsucker, leech,...
Definitions
- bloodsucker; vampire bat; bloodsucker, leech,...
Ancestry of “verenimijä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | imijä | agent noun of imeä; sucker |
| 2 | Finnish | imeä | to suck; to absorb; to pull towards, attract |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | imedäk | to suck |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ime- | to suck |
| 5 | Hungarian | ím | behold! see! lo! |
| 6 | Hungarian | i | small, young |
| 7 | Hungarian | e | this; look!, hey! |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | e- | this; not; the negative verb |