Where does “nominatiivimuoto” come from?

nominatiivimuoto (Finnish) comes from Finnish nominatiivi, from Latin nōminātīvus, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστική, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός, from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστός, from Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ — to name.

nominatiivimuoto (Finnish): nominative form

Definitions

  1. nominative form

Ancestry of “nominatiivimuoto”, step by step

nominatiivimuoto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nominatiivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnominatiivinominative, nominative case
2Latinnōminātīvusnominative
3Ancient Greekὀνομαστική
4Ancient Greekὀνομαστικόςgood at naming; Of or concerning naming; the...
5Ancient Greekὀνομαστόςnamed; famous, of note, notable
6Ancient GreekὀνομάζωI speak of by name, address by name; I call one...
7Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via Finnish muoto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuotoshape; form; format
2Proto-Finnicmootoshape, form; appearance; manner, way
3Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥Every word from Ancient Greek ὄνομα