Swedish and Finnish cognates
1
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
2
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.
3
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.
4
Name:
Anonymous
2008-12-07 22:05
ej/ei
samma/sama
pelare/pilari
par/pari
5
Name:
Anonymous
2008-12-08 5:45
ja/jaa, joo, juu
6
Name:
Anonymous
2008-12-13 7:45
ättika/etikka
spårvagn/spora
7
Name:
Anonymous
2008-12-13 10:53
Some of you don't know what a cognate means.
8
Name:
Anonymous
2008-12-13 21:58
for
>>7, "some of you" = "I"
9
Name:
Anonymous
2008-12-14 15:18
10
Name:
Anonymous
2008-12-14 16:59
11
Name:
Anonymous
2008-12-15 7:18
>>10
Stop crying an admit you were wrong.
12
Name:
Anonymous
2008-12-15 10:34
13
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
14
Name:
Anonymous
2008-12-16 1:14
15
Name:
Anonymous
2008-12-16 11:02
16
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
17
Name:
Anonymous
2008-12-16 18:34
>>16
Many hours of entertainment for me! Thanks!
18
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.
19
Name:
Anonymous
2008-12-17 13:48
tycka/tykätä
kart/kartta
20
Name:
Anonymous
2008-12-19 22:11
>>18
Not surprising, tycka is not pronounced anything like tykätä.
21
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.
22
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.
23
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.
24
Name:
Helvi
2012-04-15 22:44
säng/sänky