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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.

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