Where does “nimi” come from?
nimi (Veps) comes from Veps mi, from Proto-Finnic mi, from Proto-Uralic mi — what.
nimi (Veps): nothing; name; title
Ancestry of “nimi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Veps | mi | what; than |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | mi | what |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | mi | what |