Where does “nurminata” come from?

nurminata (Finnish) comes from Finnish Nurmi, from Finnish nurmi, from Proto-Finnic nurmi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ńurme.

nurminata (Finnish): meadow fescue

Definitions

  1. meadow fescue

Ancestry of “nurminata”, step by step

nurminata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Nurmi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishNurmiAny of a number of small places in Finland and Karelia
2Finnishnurmilawn, grass
3Proto-Finnicnurmifield, meadow
4Proto-Finno-Ugricńurme—

via Finnish nata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnatafescue
2Latinnaccafuller
3Sanskritनृत्य—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ńurme →Every word from Proto-Finnic nurmi →Every word from Finnish nurmi →