Where does “sukunimi” come from?
sukunimi (Finnish) comes from Ingrian nimi, from Proto-Finnic nimi, from Proto-Uralic nime — name.
sukunimi (Finnish): surname, family name, last name
Definitions
- surname, family name, last name
Ancestry of “sukunimi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ingrian | nimi | name |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | nimi | name |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | nime | name |