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Where does “nimi” come from?

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

nimi (Estonian): name; nominal

Definitions

  1. name; nominal

Ancestry of “nimi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicniminame
2Proto-Uralicnimename

Words derived from “nimi”

  • tegevusnimi
  • nimisõna
  • nime
  • nimekaim
Every word from Proto-Uralic nime →