Where does “Itäniemi” come from?

Itäniemi (Finnish) comes from Finnish itä, from Proto-Finnic itä, from Proto-Uralic itä- — to appear.

Ancestry of “Itäniemi”, step by step

Itäniemi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish itä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitäeast; east, eastern; East, the Orient
2Proto-Finnicitäeast
3Proto-Uralicitä-to appear

via Finnish Niemi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishNiemiAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnishniemicape, ness, headland, promontory, (small) peninsula form of coastal land jutting into a lake or sea
3Proto-Finnicneemicape, peninsula
Every word from Proto-Uralic itä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic itä →Every word from Finnish itä →