Where does “nim” come from?

nim (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic nimi, from Proto-Uralic nime — name.

nim (Livonian): name

Definitions

  1. name

Ancestry of “nim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicniminame
2Proto-Uralicnimename
Every word from Proto-Uralic nime →Every word from Proto-Finnic nimi →