luode.
northwest
Meaning & usage
northwest
synonym of länsi (“west”)
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *loodëh (compare Estonian loe, Ingrian looe, loove, Karelian luuveh (“west; southwest”), Livonian lūod, Ludian luodeh (“west”), Veps lode (“northwest; west”), lodeh (“northwest; west”), Votic looõ (“northwest”)). Dialectally both the meanings “northwest” and “west” were found, the latter historically predominant in Eastern Finnish; the meaning in Standard Finnish was standardized to the former. Of uncertain further origin; possibly akin to luoda and luo (possibly a verb with like *luotaa (“to descend”)), or alternatively of Germanic origin, like luode (etymology 2).
ebb (receding tide)
synonym of matalavesi (“low tide”)
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *loodëh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *flōduz (compare German Flut, Swedish flod) and derived with + -e. Originally meant flood or high tide; the sense "ebb" is a literary invention from the 1830s. See also vuoksi for further details.
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