Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proto-finnic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables: pro-to-finnic
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of the Finnic (Baltic-Finnic) languages. Usually written with the UPA transcription system.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English Finnic English Proto-Finnic From proto- + Finnic.

Usage

Uncountable

Rhymes With

balto-finnic homoclinic aminolevulinic sulfinic arsinic porphyrinic enaminic columbinic petroselinic thynnic borinic azinic

Questions

What does proto-finnic mean?: The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of the Finnic (Baltic-Finnic) languages. Usually written with the UPA transcription system.
Where does proto-finnic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English Finnic English Proto-Finnic From proto- + Finnic.

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