ammoin

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *oma (“old, previous”).[1] 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”).

Adverb

ammoin

  1. Very long ago, in the time immemorial.

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References
  1. Álgu etymological database, entry #98925 (language: Finnish, word: ammoin)
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