Where does “Jeimer” come from?

Jeimer (Livonian) comes from Livonian jei, from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.

Jeimer (Livonian): Arctic Ocean

Definitions

  1. Arctic Ocean

Ancestry of “Jeimer”, step by step

Jeimer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Livonian jei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianjeiice
2Proto-Finnicjääice
3Proto-Uralicjäŋeice

via Livonian me’r

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianme’r—
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic jää →Every word from Livonian jei →