Where does “Pelkosenniemi” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Pelkosenniemi”, 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

Words derived from “Pelkosenniemi”

Every word from Proto-Finnic neemi →Every word from Finnish niemi →Every word from Finnish Niemi →