Where does “Nieminen” come from?

Nieminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish Niemi, from Finnish niemi, from Proto-Finnic neemi — cape, peninsula.

Ancestry of “Nieminen”, step by step

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
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