Where does “Jarmo” come from?
Jarmo (Finnish) comes from Finnish Jeremias, from Latin Jēremīas, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας, from Hebrew ירמיה, from Hebrew ־יהו, from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway- — to be, to become, to fall, to happen.
Ancestry of “Jarmo”, step by step
Jarmo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Jeremias
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Jeremias | — |
| 2 | Latin | Jēremīas | Jeremiae”}} (Book of) Jeremiah book of the |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἰερεμίας | Jeremiah, the Hebrew prophet |
| 4 | Hebrew | ירמיה | Jeremiah; Yahweh exalt |
| 5 | Hebrew | ־יהו | A theophoric suffix, meaning "the Lord", used in... |
| 6 | Hebrew | יהוה | YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh |
| 7 | Proto-Semitic | *haway- | to be, to become, to fall, to happen |