Good points...and considering that the "g" at the end of a Swedish word will ...probably...???... have a soft, or at least muted, sound,...though I don't know about ancient Swedish... I think that, more or less, convinces me....skandagupta wrote:fre > per in finnic. unfinnic double consonant and "foreign" f.
I never expected such a lively outpouring of etymological discussion! I'm glad to see it's not only me who has an interest in such arcane things. 
Not only have I learned a lot, but my hunger has been whetted now!
viewtopic.php?t=3728lifecry wrote:Well, then intrepid etymological hounds; would anyone like to take a stab at the roots of the Finnish months of the year?
I find it a bit funny, Finns have loaned weekdays but own months. Estonians have own weekdays, but loaned months. Estonian weekdays are a bit boring though: ensipäev, toispäev, kolmpäev, nelipäev (first day, second day, third day, fourth day,) then it gets elaborate with reede, laupäev and püha which the last two are quite easy to figure out.Bavarian wrote:Czech, Polish, Lithuanian, and I believe Ukrainian didn't adopt the Roman names either.Rob A. wrote: The Finnish days of the week are easy enough to figure out...what puzzles me is why Finland, almost alone among European countries, didn't adopt the Roman names for the months of the year....
