Where does “nimekiri” come from?

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

nimekiri (Estonian): list

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Ancestry of “nimekiri”, step by step

nimekiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian nimi

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

via Estonian kiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankiriwriting; letter; font, script
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Uralic nime →Every word from Proto-Finnic nimi →Every word from Estonian nimi →