Where does “niemennenä” come from?

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

Ancestry of “niemennenä”, step by step

niemennenä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish nenä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnenänose; rhinarium, nose leather
2Proto-Finnicnenänose
Every word from Proto-Finnic neemi →Every word from Finnish niemi →Every word from Finnish Niemi →