Where does “poime” come from?

poime (Ingrian) comes from Finnish poimia, from Proto-Finnic poimidak — to pick.

poime (Ingrian): wrinkle, crease, fold

Definitions

  1. wrinkle, crease, fold

Ancestry of “poime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoimiato pick; to excerpt, extract
2Proto-Finnicpoimidakto pick
Every word from Proto-Finnic poimidak →Every word from Finnish poimia →