Finnic

American  

[fin-ik] / ˈfɪn ɪk /

noun

1. a subdivision of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family that includes Finnish, Estonian, Sami, Mordvin, Udmurt, Mari, and Komi.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Finnic.

Finnic British  

/ ˈfɪnɪk /

noun

1. one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages, including Finnish and several languages of NE Europe Compare Ugric

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adjective

1. of or relating to this group of languages or to the Finns

Etymology

Origin of Finnic

First recorded in 1660–70; Finn + -ic

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Example Sentences

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Finnic

Vepsian belongs to the Finnic group of the Uralic languages, and Quechua is a native South American language.The rap tactic was in use in India.

From BBC ● May 30, 2012

KU=word of Finnic origin brought to India by Northern settlers—used by them to denote Father-god=Ukku.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall

The Basque is an agglutinative idiom, and must be placed, in a morphological point of view, between the Finnic family, which is simply incorporating, and the North American incorporating and polysynthetic families.

From Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language by Wentworth Webster

The Finnic epos of "Kalewala" is a curious illustration of the same fact.

From Among My Books First Series by James Russell Lowell

Permic branch of the Finnic class of languages, 319. the name of Perm, 319. the Permic tribes, 320.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller

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