etymology Archives - Uusi kielemme

Baltic and Germanic Loanwords in Finnish Etymology

June 24, 2020

Learn more about the etymology of ancient Baltic and Germanic loanwords in Finnish! Enjoy his little trip into the history of the Finnish language.

Finnish -ATA Loanverbs from English

April 13, 2020

Etymology

Tviitata, googlata, zumbata, skipata and stressata all look like English verbs. You can find out more about loanverbs from English in this article!

Suomen kielen päivä – Hyvää Agricolan päivää! 9.4.

April 9, 2020

Finnish Celebrations

Hyvää Agricolan päivää! On the 9th of April, Finland celebrates the "day of the Finnish language". Agricola can be considered the father of written Finnish. Find out why!

The Meaning of the Finnish Months

March 4, 2020

Interesting Words

Find out more about the meaning of the Finnish months! Hopefully knowing the origin of the word will help you remember the name of each month.

The Lative Case – Ylös Alas Kauemmas – Finnish Grammar

January 21, 2020

Etymology

ULOS, KAUAS, LÄHEMMÄS and KAUEMMAS are considered to be examples of the ancient LATIVE case which doesn't exist anymore. Learn more here!

Finnish -ATA Verbs Borrowed from Swedish

January 9, 2020

Etymology

VENATA, DYYKATA, HOKSATA and DUUNATA are just a few of the Finnish -ATA verbs borrowed from Swedish. Learn more about their origin right here!

Words Ending in -mA – Sattuma, Syntymä, Unelma

June 15, 2019

Words Ending in...

Finnish has a large group of words ending in -mA. Many of these words have a long history within the Finnic or Uralic language groups.