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Definition of Finnic
1. Noun. One of two branches of the Finno-Ugric languages; a family of languages including Finnish and Estonian (but not Hungarian).
Generic synonyms: Finno-ugrian, Finno-ugric
Specialized synonyms: Permic, Volgaic, Baltic-finnic
Definition of Finnic
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Finns.
Definition of Finnic
1. Noun. A subset of the family of Finno-Ugric languages that includes Finnish, Estonian, Sami (Lapp), Mordvin, Udmurt, Komi and Mari. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Finnic languages. ¹
3. Adjective. (rare) Finnish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Finnic
Literary usage of Finnic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"THE Finnic FAMILY. § 58. The Finnic languages prevail through a largo portion of
the Russian empire, occupying the northern part of the Scandinavian ..."
2. The Natural History of the Human Species: Its Typical Forms, Primeval by Charles Hamilton Smith (1859)
"... and Teutonic dialects have swept away the Finnic in all places where the
resident tribes were not isolated by the nature of their country. ..."
3. The English Language in Its Elements and Forms: With a History of Its Origin by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"THE Finnic FAMILY. § 58. The Finnic languages prevail through a largo portion of
the Russian empire, occupying the northern part of the Scandinavian ..."
4. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1828)
"Music was a very powerful Finnic Or- instrument in the old superstition, by it
the sands on the p *' sea shore were changed into diamonds, the corn danced ..."
5. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1893)
"Finnic, as a continental officer, [we decline med] dling with his conduct; being
yourself in the continental service ..."
6. The Traditional Poetry of the Finns by Domenico Comparetti, Isabella Mary Anderton (1898)
"Hence the stimulus and suggestion to the Finnic genius ; which, transforming its
material, primitive shamanism into a poetic shamanism, created by its own ..."
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