Etymology

Meänkieli

Today it means: A language spoken by some 40,000–70,000 people mainly in Northern Sweden. It is a variant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Swedish. Full definition →

Meänkieli meänkieli ← Finnish kieli ← Proto-Finnic *keeli
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  1. Proto-Finnic*mek
  2. Finnishme
  3. Finnishmeidän
  4. Meänkielimeän
  5. Proto-Finnic*keeli
  6. Finnishkieli
  7. Meänkielikieli
  8. Meänkielimeänkieli
  9. English todayMeänkieli

From the native Meänkieli term meänkieli, from meän kieli (“our language”).

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