Where does “nimekaim” come from?

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

nimekaim (Estonian): namesake

Definitions

  1. namesake

Ancestry of “nimekaim”, step by step

nimekaim traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian nimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianniminame; nominal
2Proto-Finnicniminame
3Proto-Uralicnimename

via Estonian kaim

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankaimrelative, tribesman, companion
Every word from Proto-Uralic nime →Every word from Proto-Finnic nimi →Every word from Estonian nimi →