Where does “imava” come from?

imava (Isoko) comes from Norman ive, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

imava (Isoko): two (people)

Definitions

  1. two (people)

Ancestry of “imava”, step by step

imava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norman ive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Normanivewinter
2HungarianUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
3Albanian-ing, -ion
4Proto-West Germanic-jā
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Proto-Eskimo ima-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eskimoima-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Hungarian Every word from Proto-West Germanic -jā