Where does “ロヴァニエミ” come from?

ロヴァニエミ (Japanese) comes from Finnish Rovaniemi, from Finnish Niemi, from Finnish niemi, from Proto-Finnic neemi — cape, peninsula.

Ancestry of “ロヴァニエミ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishRovaniemi—
2FinnishNiemiAny of a number of small places in Finland
3Finnishniemicape, ness, headland, promontory, (small) peninsula form of coastal land jutting into a lake or sea
4Proto-Finnicneemicape, peninsula
Every word from Proto-Finnic neemi →Every word from Finnish niemi →Every word from Finnish Niemi →