For a list of words with Finnish language origins, see the Finnish derivations category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Rather few words of Finnish origin have entered other languages, the language being a net importer of words. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Finnish ( ) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92%[2]) and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. ... Wiktionary is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (hence: Wiktionary) (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ...

Words loaned to English

Finnish has loaned a bare handful of words to the English language specifically. The best known example is sauna, and many would argue that sauna even is the only loanword in the English language that is used outside of the context of Finland or the Finnish culture. There are more words in specialist fields; the motti military tactic, rapakivi granite in geology, aapa mire (a marsh type) in biology, and the puukko knife. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A sauna on Lake Vättern, in Karlsborg Municipality, Sweden. ... A loanword is a word directly taken into one language from another with little or no translation. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Motti is a Finnish military slang for an encircled enemy unit. ... Military tactics is the collective name for methods of engaging and defeating an enemy in battle. ... Rapakivi granite is a hornblende-biotite granite containing large rounded crystals of orthoclase mantled with oligoclase. ... Freshwater marsh in Florida In geography, a marsh is a type of wetland, featuring grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, cat tails, and other herbaceous plants (possibly with low-growing woody plants) in a context of shallow water. ... Look up Puukko in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

There are also words of Uralic origin, not necessarily directly from Finnish, for example, "whale" ← Proto-Uralic [xɑlɑ] "fish" (compare Finnish "kala" (fish) and "valas" (whale)). Proto-Uralic is the ancestor language of the Uralic languages, including the hypothetical families of the Samoyedic languages and the Finno-Ugric languages. ...

English words coined by Finns

The expression "Molotov cocktail" ('Molotovin koktaili' in Finnish) was coined by Finns in the Winter War. Molotov cocktail is the generic name for a variety of crude incendiary weapons. ... Combatants Finland Soviet Union Commanders Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Kliment Voroshilov, later Semyon Timoshenko Strength 200,000 men, 32 tanks, 119 aircraft (In the beginning), 250,000 men, 30 tanks, 130 aircraft (At the end) 460,000 men, 1,500 tanks, 1,000 aircraft (In the beginning), 1,000,000...

See also

• List of English words of Sami origin
• Finno-Ugric languages

English words of Sami origin are relatively rare, having usually entered the English language via some other language. ... Approximate geographical distribution of areas where indigenous Finno-Ugric languages are spoken. ...

External links

• http://homepage.univie.ac.at/Johanna.Laakso/joens.html (not in English)
• http://home.swipnet.se/nordling/Saami.html (not in English)