Where does “rimpineva” come from?

rimpineva (Finnish) comes from Finnish neva, from Proto-Finnic neva — swamp, fen.

rimpineva (Finnish): a wet swamp with no trees or moss

Definitions

  1. a wet swamp with no trees or moss

Ancestry of “rimpineva”, step by step

rimpineva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish neva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnevaA type of treeless wet swamp
2Proto-Finnicnevaswamp, fen

via Finnish rimpi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishrimpiA quagmire or morass
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