Where does “tegevusnimi” come from?

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

tegevusnimi (Estonian): infinitive

Definitions

  1. infinitive

Ancestry of “tegevusnimi”, step by step

tegevusnimi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian nimi

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

via Estonian tegevus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniantegevusactivity
2Estonian-usDerives nouns from verbs; Derives nouns from...
Every word from Proto-Uralic nime →Every word from Proto-Finnic nimi →Every word from Estonian nimi →
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