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Where does “uimesean” come from?

uimesean (Irish) comes from Irish uime, from Proto-Germanic immi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs-.

uimesean (Irish): third-person singular masculine emphatic of um

Definitions

  1. third-person singular masculine emphatic of um

Ancestry of “uimesean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishuimethird-person singular masculine of um
2Proto-Germanicimmifirst-person singular present active indicative...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésmifirst-person singular present indicative of...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- →