Where does “Rovaniemi” come from?
Rovaniemi (English) comes from Finnish Rovaniemi, from Finnish Niemi, from Finnish niemi, from Proto-Finnic neemi — cape, peninsula.
Ancestry of “Rovaniemi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Rovaniemi | — |
| 2 | Finnish | Niemi | — |
| 3 | Finnish | niemi | cape , peninsula, ness |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | neemi | cape, peninsula |