Meanings
plural Balticisms
- 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 521 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
Cite this entry
Balticism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balticism
“Balticism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balticism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Balticism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balticism.
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