Where does “syntymänimi” come from?

syntymänimi (Finnish) comes from Finnish syntymä, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

syntymänimi (Finnish): birth name name chosen for a child after their birth

Definitions

  1. birth name name chosen for a child after their birth

Ancestry of “syntymänimi”, step by step

syntymänimi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish syntymä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyntymäbirth
2Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish nimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniminame
2Finnish-iäiset—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Finnish -ma →