Where does “ним” come from?

ним (Nganasan) comes from Proto-Samoyedic *nim, from Proto-Uralic nime — name.

ним (Nganasan): name

Definitions

  1. name

Ancestry of “ним”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samoyedic*nimname
2Proto-Uralicnimename
Every word from Proto-Uralic nime →Every word from Proto-Samoyedic *nim →