Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

finnic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: finnic
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of the branch of the Uralic language family that includes Finnish, Estonian, Karelian, Veps, Livonian, Ingrian and Votic.

adj

Of the hypothetical Finno-Volgaic subgrouping of the Uralic languages that includes the Baltic-Finnic, Sami, Mordvinic and Mari languages.

Dated

adj

Of the hypothetical Finno-Permic subgrouping of the Uralic languages that includes the Finno-Volgaic and Permic languages.

Dated

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree English Finn Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Finnic From Finn + -ic.

Usage

Dated

Derived Forms

Finnicism Finnicist Finnicize

Synonyms

Baltic-Finnic Baltic-Fennic Balto-Finnic Balto-Fennic Fennic Finno-Permic Finno-Permian Fenno-Permic Fenno-Permian

Rhymes With

clinic cynic rabbinic nicotinic monoclinic muscarinic finnick polyclinic minnick succinic actinic baltic-finnic

Questions

What does finnic mean?: Of the branch of the Uralic language family that includes Finnish, Estonian, Karelian, Veps, Livonian, Ingrian and Votic.
Where does finnic come from?: Etymology tree English Finn Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Finnic From Finn + -ic.

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