ammoin
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *ammo-, probably from Proto-Uralic *amme (“old, previous”) + -oin (temporal singular).[1][2] Cognate with Hungarian ó (“ancient, in previous”), Estonian ammu (“once upon a time, long ago”), Northern Sami oames (“past, old”) and Erzya умок (umok, “a long time ago”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ammoin
- Very long ago, in the time immemorial.
Synonyms
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[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “ammoin”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01
- ^ Álgu etymological database, entry #98925 (language: Finnish, word: ammoin)
Further reading
[edit]- “ammoin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02