Where does “Suomija” come from?
Suomija (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian suomis, from Finnish suomi, from Proto-Finnic soomi.
Ancestry of “Suomija”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lithuanian | suomis | — |
| 2 | Finnish | suomi | The Finnish language; Third-person singular... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | soomi | — |