Where does “imm” come from?

imm (Livonian) comes 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.

imm (Livonian): suck

Definitions

  1. suck

Ancestry of “imm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicimedäkto suck
2Proto-Uralicime-to suck
3Hungarianímbehold! see! lo!
4Hungarianismall, young
5Hungarianethis; look!, hey!
6Proto-Uralice-this; not; the negative verb
Every word from Proto-Uralic e- →Every word from Hungarian e →Every word from Hungarian i →