Where does “nimileima” come from?

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

nimileima (Finnish): responsibility mark, sponsor's mark on bullion, etc

Definitions

  1. responsibility mark, sponsor's mark on bullion, etc

Ancestry of “nimileima”, step by step

nimileima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniminame
2Finnish-iäiset—

via Finnish leima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleimastamp; label, mark; stain, taint, stigma
2Russianклеймо́brand, stamp, identification mark
Every word from Finnish -iäiset →Every word from Finnish nimi →