Where does “haamunimi” come from?

haamunimi (Finnish) comes from Finnish haamu, from Proto-Finnic haama, from Proto-Finno-Permic šamɜ.

haamunimi (Finnish): deadname, the former name of a transgender person

Definitions

  1. deadname, the former name of a transgender person

Ancestry of “haamunimi”, step by step

haamunimi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish haamu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaamughost, spirit; shadow
2Proto-Finnichaama—
3Proto-Finno-Permicšamɜ—

via Finnish nimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniminame
2Finnish-iäiset—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic šamɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic haama →Every word from Finnish haamu →