Finnishadj.n.
/ˈfɪnɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈfɪnɪʃ/ A. adj.
a. Pertaining to the Finns; rarely in wider sense = Finnic adj. b.
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the world > people > ethnicities > Ural-Altaic > [adjective] > Finn
Finnish1789
Finnic1878
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Scandinavians > [adjective] > Finnish
Finnic1668
Finnish1789
1789–96 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. XI. 84 The Ostiaks, who are likewise a Finnish race.
1856 Gazetteer of the World III. 359 The Finnish peasantry.
b. In adjectives of the type Finnish-Ugrian = Finnish and ——.
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1911 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough: Magic Art (ed. 3) II. ix. 10 The tribes of the Finnish-Ugrian stock.
1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 68 We find, to the east of the Indo-European languages.., the great Finno-Ugrian family... The first [branch] is the Finnish-Lapponic.
1947 W. Lewis Let. 15 Nov. (1963) 419 With your Finnish-Irish ancestry and American birth.
B. n.
The Finnish language.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Uralic > [noun] > Samoyedic > Finno-Ugric > Finnic > Baltic Finnic languages
Livonian1790
Finnisha1845
Vepsian1877
Karelian1879
Ludian1921
Olonetsian1932
Ingrian1933
Olonets1952
a1845 T. Hood Poet. Wks. (1856) V. 77 Although you should begin in Dutch And end (like me) in Finnish.
Compounds
Finnish-speaking adj.
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1920 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 792 Finnish-speaking Finlanders.
Finnish Spitz n. a small, stocky breed of dog, with a coarse, reddish-brown coat.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > Spitz > types of
Eskimo dog1774
Eskimo1830
husky1871
elk-hound1878
Malamute1884
schipperke1887
Samoyed1889
skip1895
Eskimo husky1896
laika1905
keeshond1926
Akita1928
Siberian1928
Finnish Spitz1930
Siberian husky1930
1930 E. C. Ash Pract. Dog Bk. ii. 22 The Finnish Spitz... They have been known on the Continent for many years, but have only recently been introduced into this country.
1945 C. L. B. Hubbard Observer's Bk. Dogs 68 The Finnish Spitz..was introduced into England in 1927.
1965 B. Vesey-Fitzgerald Dog Owner's Encycl. 88 The Finnish Spitz characteristics are eagerness to hunt, courage and fidelity.
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