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Baltic and Finnic linguistic relations reflected in geolinguistic studies of the Baltic languages [PDF]

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2014
The article provides insight into the reflection of Baltic and Finnic language contacts in geolinguistic studies of the Baltic languages. These contacts have a rather long history, and are particularly intense between the Latvian language and Finnic ...
Anna Stafecka
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The expression of change-of-state in the Finnic languages

Open Linguistics, 2020
The present article studies verbs that are used to convey change-of-state in the Finnic languages: “to come”, “to go”, “to remain/stay”, “to get”, “will be”, “to make/do”, and “to be born/give birth”.
Norvik Miina
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Sound symbolism of expressive verbs in Finnic languages (Estonian, Finnish, Ingrian, Votic) [PDF]

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2015
This article will study language, using the contrastive-descriptive method, as a phonetic imitation of the world around us, and will concentrate on the verb vocabulary, based on sound imitation and natural sound imitation, characteristic of the Finnic ...
Heinike Heinsoo, Eva Saar
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The Words for Malt in Finnic Languages [PDF]

Linguistica Uralica, 2021
The article analyses the words used for malt in Finnic dialects, taking into account their structure, etymologies, semantics and area of distribution. The words come from six different roots: variants of idu are used for malt in Karelian, Ludic, Veps and
Vilja Oja
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Words for Flax in the Finnic Languages [PDF]

Linguistica Uralica, 2022
Vilja Oja
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Areal relations of Indo-European loanwords in Finnic dialects

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2014
The areas of the distribution of Indo-European loanwords in Finnic dialects are described on many lexical maps of the Atlas Linguarum Fennicarum and the Atlas Linguarum Europae.
Vilja Oja
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Dialectal Month Names in Estonian and Related Finnic Languages

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Official month names in Estonian and other Finnic languages (except for Finnish), as well as in many other languages, originate from Latin. In addition to these, folk names are also used; these date back to long before the emergence of the Christian ...
Mari Kendla, Mari-Liis Kalvik
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The Loanword mei(j)u in Finnic Languages; pp. 161-171 [PDF]

Linguistica Uralica, 2014
The custom of bringing home young birches and green branches for spring/summer festivities has been practised by Proto-Finnic as well as by Germanic peoples ever since pre-Christian times.
Vilja Oja
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Renewal of Finnic demonstrative systems in the Circum-Baltic context

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri
The present study examines the diachronic development and renewal of demonstrative systems in the Finnic languages within the Circum-Baltic context.
Chingduang Yurayong
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Oskar Looritsa liivi folkloori kogu [PDF]

Mäetagused, 2022
The Estonian Folklore Archives of the Estonian Literary Museum hold a valuable collection of Livonian ethnography and folklore – Oskar Loorits’ collection of Livonian folklore.
Tuuli Tuisk
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