Finnic

Meaning

  1. (not-comparable) Of the branch of the Uralic language family that includes Finnish, Estonian, Karelian, Veps, Livonian, Ingrian and Votic.
  2. (dated, not-comparable) Of the hypothetical Finno-Volgaic subgrouping of the Uralic languages that includes the Baltic-Finnic, Sami, Mordvinic and Mari languages.
  3. (dated, not-comparable) Of the hypothetical Finno-Permic subgrouping of the Uralic languages that includes the Finno-Volgaic and Permic languages.
  4. (not-comparable, rare) Finnish.

Synonyms

Fennic

Non-Ugric

finnish

Etymology

From Finn + -ic.

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