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
- Very long ago, in the time immemorial.
Synonyms
- muinoin
Derived terms
- ammoinen
See also
- kauan sitten
References
- Álgu etymological database, entry #98925 (language: Finnish, word: ammoin)