Where does “tegonimi” come from?

tegonimi (Võro) comes from Võro tego, from Proto-Finnic teko, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

tegonimi (Võro): infinitive

Definitions

  1. infinitive

Ancestry of “tegonimi”, step by step

tegonimi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Võro tego

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Võrotegodeed, act; action; fact
2Proto-Finnictekoact, deed
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Võro nimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Võroniminame; nominal
2Proto-Finnicniminame
3Proto-Uralicnimename
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →