Where does “nimenselvennys” come from?

nimenselvennys (Finnish) comes from Finnish selvennys, from Finnish selventää, from Finnish selvä, from Proto-Finnic selvä.

nimenselvennys (Finnish): print name, printed name; name written next to a...

Definitions

  1. print name, printed name; name written next to a...

Ancestry of “nimenselvennys”, step by step

nimenselvennys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selvennys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselvennysclarification
2Finnishselventääto clarify; Third-person singular indicative...
3Finnishselväclear; free; sober
4Proto-Finnicselvä—

via Finnish nimen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnimenGenitive singular form of nimi
2Finnishniminame
3Finnish-iäiset—
Every word from Proto-Finnic selvä →Every word from Finnish selvä →Every word from Finnish selventää →
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