Where does “Kemijärvi” come from?

Kemijärvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kemi, from Finnish kemi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric käme.

Ancestry of “Kemijärvi”, step by step

Kemijärvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kemi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKemioften qualified as
2Finnishkemiclearing for feeding cattle
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickäme—

via Finnish järvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjärvilake
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

Words derived from “Kemijärvi”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric käme →Every word from Finnish kemi →Every word from Finnish Kemi →