Where does “kveeni” come from?
kveeni (Finnish) comes from Kven kvääni — Kven person.
kveeni (Finnish): Kven; a language spoken by a few thousand people in Northern Norway. It is a descendant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Norwegian
Definitions
- Kven; a language spoken by a few thousand people in Northern Norway. It is a descendant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Norwegian
Ancestry of “kveeni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kven | kvääni | Kven person |