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Swedish and Finnish cognates

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-07 20:16

Even though Swedish and Finnish are completely unrelated in language family, geographic proximity makes them share similar words. Could you list some of them?
So far I only know:

anka/ankka
fitta/vittu
pojke/poika

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-07 21:03

senap/sinappi
smak/maku
apelsin/appelsiini
ingenjör/insinööri
lek/leikki
salmiak/salmiakki

All I can think of in my tiredness addled mind. Off to bed.

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-07 21:23

>>2
Interesting.
I'll check etymology entries for those words.
If you remember more later, you're welcome to post them.

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-07 22:05

ej/ei
samma/sama
pelare/pilari
par/pari

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-08 5:45

ja/jaa, joo, juu

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-13 7:45

ättika/etikka
spårvagn/spora

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-13 10:53

Some of you don't know what a cognate means.

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-13 21:58

for>>7, "some of you" = "I"

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-14 15:18

>>7

DIAF

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-14 16:59

>>8
>>9
lol trolled

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-15 7:18

>>10
Stop crying an admit you were wrong.

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-15 10:34

>>11
0/10

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-15 11:49

>>2
apelsin/appelsiini

this exists in lots of languages, from dutch and german to latvian and lithuanian
http://www.sanakirja.org/search.php?q=appelsiini

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-16 1:14

>>10 is a trolled troll.

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-16 11:02

>>1
spelare/pelaaja

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-16 18:12

måla/maalata
målare/maalari
kork/korkki
märke/merkki
märka/merkitä
pant/pantti
paket/paketti
paketera/paketoida
panna/pannu
lån/laina
låna/lainata
lova/luvata
pokal/pokaali
lejon/leijona
leka/leikkiä
lektor/lehtori
tema/teema
soffa/sohva
soppa/soppa
satsa/satsata
torg/tori
harma/harmittaa
korp/korppi
kor/kuoro
k[on]ung/kuningas
karg/karu
kask/kaski
kakel/kaakeli
kajuta/kajuutta
kanin/kaniini
kartong/kartonki
kedja/ketju
skylt/kyltti
skola/koulu
skinka/kinkku
skiva/siivu
sik/siika
sill/silli
snus/nuuska
noll/nolla
nu/nyt
ris/riisi
rik/rikas
runkare/runkkari
lack/lakka
lacka/lakata
flicka/likka
lustig/lystikäs
diska/tiskata

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-16 18:34

>>16
Many hours of entertainment for me! Thanks!

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-17 11:55

i've heard that tykätä is from swedish, but i asked a swedish friend and she didn't know anything like it.

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-17 13:48

tycka/tykätä
kart/kartta

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-19 22:11

>>18
Not surprising, tycka is not pronounced anything like tykätä.

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-31 9:25

>>20
i got funny looks saying those out loud several times, not that i have a clue how to pronounce either anyway.

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-31 9:25

>>20
i got funny looks saying those out loud several times, not that i have a clue how to pronounce either anyway.

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-31 9:26

>>20
i got funny looks saying those out loud several times, not that i have a clue how to pronounce either anyway.

Name: Helvi 2012-04-15 22:44

säng/sänky

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