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Vinony

Finnish

adjective

  1. language arising and mostly spoken in Finland
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪn.ɪʃ/ / /fɪnnɪʃ/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English Finn Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English Finnish From Finn + -ish.

  1. Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.

    “The law would allow Finnish border guards to reject migrant asylum applications at crossing points under certain circumstances.”

  2. Of or pertaining to the Finnish language.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English Finn Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English Finnish From Finn + -ish.

  1. The Finno-Ugric language spoken by the majority of the people living in Finland, one of the two official languages of the country (the other is Swedish).