Where does “Imants” come from?

Imants (Latvian) comes from Livonian and, from Proto-Finnic antadak, from Proto-Uralic ëmta- — to give.

Ancestry of “Imants”, step by step

Imants traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Livonian and

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianandto give
2Proto-Finnicantadakto give
3Proto-Uralicëmta-to give

via Livonian im

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianimmiracle
2Proto-Finnicimehwonder, miracle
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëmta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic antadak →Every word from Livonian and →
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