Where does “haukkumanimi” come from?

haukkumanimi (Finnish) comes from Finnish nimi, from Finnish -iäiset.

haukkumanimi (Finnish): derogatory nickname, negative nickname

Definitions

  1. derogatory nickname, negative nickname

Ancestry of “haukkumanimi”, step by step

haukkumanimi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniminame
2Finnish-iäiset—

via Finnish haukkua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaukkuato bark, yip, yelp, bay
2Proto-Finnichaukkudakto bark
Every word from Finnish -iäiset →