Where does “niemenkärki” come from?

niemenkärki (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärki, from Proto-Finnic kärki, from Proto-Finno-Permic kärke.

niemenkärki (Finnish): headland, tip of a peninsula

Definitions

  1. headland, tip of a peninsula

Ancestry of “niemenkärki”, step by step

niemenkärki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kärki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärkipoint, tip, cusp; lead; vertex
2Proto-Finnickärkiblack woodpecker
3Proto-Finno-Permickärke—

via Finnish Niemi

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
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kärke →Every word from Proto-Finnic kärki →Every word from Finnish kärki →