English

Finland Proper

Finland Proper comes from English Suomi ‘Finland’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Made of the words Finland + Proper

Old Norse Finnland

Proto-Italic *proprijos

Latin proprius ‘appropriate to oneself: proper’

Anglo-Norman propre

Middle English propre

Calque of Finnish Varsinais-Suomi, named so because the term Suomi (‘Finland’) originally referred only to this region.

Every English word from English Suomi

name Synonym of Southwest Finland.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.