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minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoValta also sounds like a Germanic loan just a second… yep. Same root as German “Gewalt”, violence, “walten”, to rule, preside, also English wield. What’s it with Finnish. One third borrowed from Estonian, another third from the Swedes, the rest from the Sami.
minus-squareRandom_Character_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoYes. We are a mushroom people that suddenly popped in to existence and had to borrow some stuff.
Valta also sounds like a Germanic loan just a second… yep. Same root as German “Gewalt”, violence, “walten”, to rule, preside, also English wield.
What’s it with Finnish. One third borrowed from Estonian, another third from the Swedes, the rest from the Sami.
Yes. We are a mushroom people that suddenly popped in to existence and had to borrow some stuff.