Finnic

Examples

• All

• The other historical peoples of Baltic-Finnic stock, the Vots, Izhorians, southern Karelians, and Vepsians, maintained their intrinsic identity.

  Academic text (2000)

• The name of the Moskva River from which the town got its name is not of Slavic but of Finnic origin.

  Academic text (2000)

• During the Middle Ages, two Finnic tribes, the Mer and the Muromians, assimilated into the surrounding Russian culture and language.

  Academic text (2000)

• In the oral poetry of the Udmurts—also of Finnic-Permian affiliation—moko is a taboo name for bear, the sacred animal.

  Academic text (2000)

• In the Russian and Finnic traditions, laments continued, but the context of their recitative text shifted from an emphasis on the shelter-giving and cherishing mother figure of pre-Christian times to the powerful Queen of Heaven in Christian liturgy.

  Academic text (2000)

• The tradition of laments emerged, one of the favorite folk traditions practiced by Baltic-Finnic peoples around the eastern and southern coasts of the Baltic Sea, also in use among other Finno-Ugrian ethnic groups.

  Academic text (2000)

• The Finnic tribes have a rich cultural heritage that is distinct from their neighboring groups.

• Many people study the Finnic branch of the Finno-Ugric language family to understand its unique characteristics.

Synonyms

N

Non-Ugric

vsFinnic

• Specialized

9.9

A group of Finno-Ugric languages including Finnish and Estonian but not Hungarian

is the positive label for the same branch

F

Fennic

vsFinnic

• Specialized

9.9

A group of related languages that includes Finnish and Estonian but not Hungarian

is limited to just Finnish and Estonian

Compounds

B

Baltic-Finnic

• Specialized

9.9

A group of languages spoken around the Baltic Sea, for example Finnish and Estonian

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology