Where does “nime” come from?

nime (Estonian) comes from Estonian nimi, from Proto-Finnic nimi, from Proto-Uralic nime — name.

nime (Estonian): genitive singular of nimi; partitive singular of...

Definitions

  1. genitive singular of nimi; partitive singular of...

Ancestry of “nime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianniminame; nominal
2Proto-Finnicniminame
3Proto-Uralicnimename
Every word from Proto-Uralic nime →Every word from Proto-Finnic nimi →Every word from Estonian nimi →
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