Where does “ovinaapuri” come from?

ovinaapuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish naapuri, from Old Swedish nabor, from Middle Low German nābûr, from Proto-Germanic nēhwagabūrô, from Proto-Germanic nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗḱwos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂neḱ- — to reach, to attain.

ovinaapuri (Finnish): next door neighbor

Definitions

  1. next door neighbor

Ancestry of “ovinaapuri”, step by step

ovinaapuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish naapuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaapurineighbor; In compounds, signifies "neighboring"
2Old Swedishnabor—
3Middle Low Germannābûr—
4Proto-Germanicnēhwagabūrôneighbour
5Proto-Germanicnēhwaznear, close
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂nḗḱwos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂neḱ-to reach, to attain

via Finnish ovi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishovidoor
2Proto-Finnicovi—
3Proto-Uralicowedoor
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂neḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗḱwos →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēhwaz →