Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/imä

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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly related to Northern Sami amiidit. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective[edit]

*imä

  1. sweet, oversweet

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

From *imä:

  • Estonian: (dialectal) ima, imal
  • Livonian: imāb
  • Võro: imähtämä/imähtäq
  • Votic: imiä

From *imelä (+ *-lä):

Further reading[edit]

  • imal”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “imelä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN