ím
See also: Appendix:Variations of "im"
Hungarian
Etymology
Probably from the original i variant of e (“this”, demonstrative pronoun) + -m (pronoun suffix for emphasis).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈiːm]
Audio (file)
Interjection
ím
References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
Old Norse
Etymology
Has an ablaut relationship with eimr. Thus it is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- (“to burn”).
Descendants
- Norwegian Nynorsk: im
References
- ím in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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