pohjoinen.
north
Meaning & usage
north
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *pohjainën, equivalent to pohja (“bottom, north”) + -inen. The form pohjoinen was adapted from the Savonian dialects, whence the -oi- (a regular change also seen in e.g. hopioinen < hopea + -inen), and introduced into the standard language by Abraham Poppius in 1818.
northern
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *pohjainën, equivalent to pohja (“bottom, north”) + -inen. The form pohjoinen was adapted from the Savonian dialects, whence the -oi- (a regular change also seen in e.g. hopioinen < hopea + -inen), and introduced into the standard language by Abraham Poppius in 1818.
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