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List of English words of Finnish origin information


The Finnish language has lent few loanwords to the English language; Finnish is rather a net importer of words from English.

However the following words of Finnish origin are some examples:

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List of English words of Finnish origin

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words of Sami origin Finnish name Finglish Finnish exonyms For a list of words relating to English-language terms derived from the Finnish language, see...

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Lists of English words by country or language of origin

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Dutch names List of English words of Etruscan origin List of English words of Finnish origin List of English words of French origin Glossary of ballet, mostly...

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List of English words of Ukrainian origin

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English words of Ukrainian origin are words in the English language that have been borrowed or derived from the Ukrainian language. Some of them may have...

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List of English words of Old Norse origin

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symbols. Words of Old Norse origin have entered the English language, primarily from the contact between Old Norse and Old English during colonisation of eastern...

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List of Sinhala words of English origin

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of Sinhala long "ä" ([æː]) as "ää", and the non-marking of prenasalized stops. Sinhala words of English origin mainly came about during the period of...

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List of Jamaican Patois words of African origin

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The List of African words in Jamaican Patois notes down as many loan words in Jamaican Patois that can be traced back to specific African languages. Most...

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Finnish profanity

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Contemporary Finnish profanity often has old origins; several such words have Pagan roots that after Christian influence were turned from names of deities...

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List of Portuguese words of Germanic origin

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other words with Germanic origin have been incorporated, either directly from English or other Germanic languages, or indirectly through French. Many of these...

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Finnish name

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force. Finnish given names are often of Christian origin (e.g., Jukka from Greek Johannes), but Finnish and Swedish origins are also common. In Finnish, the...

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List of portmanteaus

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This is a selection of portmanteau words. Wiktionary has a category on English blends. Hvaldimir, from Norwegian hval (whale) and Russian President Vladimir...

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Finnish noun cases

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Look up Appendix:Finnish nominal inflection in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Finnish nominals, which include pronouns, adjectives, and numerals, are...

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Longest words

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usability of the word starts to degrade. Because Finnish uses free forming of composite words, new words can even be formed during a conversation. One can...

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Nigger

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whose spelling originated from the phonological system of African-American English. The origin of the word lies with the Latin adjective niger ([ˈnɪɡɛr])...

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Yes and no

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Modern English has a two-form system of yes and no for affirmatives and negatives, earlier forms of English had a four-form system, comprising the words yea...

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Kurdish language

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adapted form of the Arabic script.... Reasons for describing Kurmanji and Sorani as 'dialects' of one language are their common origin and the fact that...

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Finnish grammar

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pronouns in Finnish in the nominative case are listed in the following table: Because Finnish verbs are inflected for person and number, in the Finnish standard...

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English orthography

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due to the large number of words that have been borrowed from a large number of other languages throughout the history of English, without successful attempts...

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Profanity

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Agricola's Ukko in the light of archeology. A chronological and interpretative study of ancient Finnish religion: Old Norse and Finnish religions and cultic place-names...

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Anglicism

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of English words may even take on a chic aspect. In Japan, marketing products for the domestic market often involves using English or pseudo-English brand...

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Perkele

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(pronounced [ˈperkele] ) is a Finnish word meaning 'evil spirit' and a popular Finnish profanity, used similarly to the English phrase god damn, although...

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W

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integration in the language.) It is usually pronounced /v/, but in some words of English origin it may be pronounced /w/. The letter was officially introduced...

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List of calques

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languages, most loans adopted in Finnish either are calques or soon become such as foreign words are translated into Finnish. Examples include: from Greek:...

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Finns

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Finns or Finnish people (Finnish: suomalaiset, IPA: [ˈsuo̯mɑlɑi̯set]) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group native to Finland. Finns are traditionally divided...

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Pangram

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roughly means "a whinge of a sleazy lover".) A perfect pangram not using any of the special letters used in Finnish only for foreign words (b, c, f, q, š, w...

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