Valtimo

Proper noun

 * 1) ; merged with Nurmes in 2020.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Swedish: Valtimo

Etymology

 * compare the dialectal ( + ) for a large brook or creek. The lake, after which the town is named, was named such probably because it is what many small streams flow into. The name predates the word  (coined in 1837), which may have received some inspiration from the place name.