Where does “lisänimi” come from?
lisänimi (Finnish) comes from Finnish lisä-, from Finnish lisä, from Proto-Finnic lisä, from Proto-Finno-Permic lisä.
lisänimi (Finnish): A nickname
Ancestry of “lisänimi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | lisä- | extra, auxiliary, supplemental, additional |
| 2 | Finnish | lisä | Addition, increase; As a former part of compound ... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lisä | addition, increase |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | lisä | — |