Where does “*Hautaniemi” come from?
*Hautaniemi (Finnish) comes from Finnish hauta, from Proto-Germanic sauþaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂sewt- — to roil; to move about, roil, seethe.
Ancestry of “*Hautaniemi”, step by step
*Hautaniemi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hauta | grave, tomb; trench; kiln, in the compound term... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sauþaz | boiling; seething; wellspring; fountain; source;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂sewt- | to roil; to move about, roil, seethe |
via Finnish Niemi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Niemi | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 2 | Finnish | niemi | cape, ness, headland, promontory, (small) peninsula form of coastal land jutting into a lake or sea |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | neemi | cape, peninsula |