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Finnish
Etymology
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
Adverb
ammoin
- Very long ago, in the time immemorial.
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References
- ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “ammoin”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01
- ^ Álgu etymological database, entry #98925 (language: Finnish, word: ammoin)
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