Balticism

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noun

A word or other feature originating in a Baltic language that has been borrowed by another language, usually a Slavic or a Finnic one.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounBalticism (plural Balticisms)

plural Balticisms

  1. A word or other feature originating in a Baltic language that has been borrowed by another language, usually a Slavic or a Finnic one.

    There are some old Balticisms though they are difficult to differentiate from Lithuanian.

    1996, Zigmas Zinkevičius, The History of the Lithuanian Language, page 52
    1 more example

    The influence of the Baltic languages on Finnish is evident. For instance, there are about 1.1% of Balticisms in modern Finnish.

    2018, Liāna Pliss with Gunita Zariņa, Agrita Puzuka, Agnese Zariņa, Baiba Lāce, Didzis Elferts, Andrey Khrunin, Svetlana Limborska, Jānis Kļoviņš, and Linda Gailīte Piekuse, “Population Genetics of Latvians in the Context of Admixture between North-Eastern European Ethnic Groups”, in Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, volume 72, number 3, →DOI, page 132

Origin

Translations

German Baltismus, baltisches Lehnwort
  • Baltismusword
  • baltisches Lehnwortword
Latvian baltisms
  • baltismsword
Lithuanian baltizmas
  • baltizmasword
Russian балтизм
  • балтизм (baltizm)word
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APA

Balticism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balticism

MLA

“Balticism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balticism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Balticism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balticism.

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