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Inkeri
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inkeri
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
fi Ingria
Derived from fi *Inger, the name of the river fi Inkere; see it for more.Kepsu Saulo Inkerin pogostat – vanha nimistö ja asutus 2020 Kotimaisten kielten keskus Helsinki Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 66 2323-3370 978-952-7359-02-0 https://www.kotus.fi/julkaisut/nimijulkaisut/inkerin_pogostat 691 According to folk etymology, named after Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, who was supposedly given the Ingrian lands as a marriage gift.
Proper noun
Ingria
fi Inkerinmaa
fi Finnish
Declension
Inker ä
Derived terms
fi inkeri inkerikko inkeriläinen inkeroinen
fi compounds Inkerinmaa inkerinsuomalainen inkerinsuomi
Statistics
dvv_20250813 103
Etymology 2
fi name
fi non Ingiríðr, akin to en Ingrid.
Proper noun
fi female
fi 1840 w:Kanteletar 3:9, "Inkerin sulhot" Inkeri, ihana neito, / varasi vaku'un naia, / Lalmanti, iso ritari, / antoi kättä kätkyelle, Inkeri, the lovely maiden, / betrothed already in the crib, / Lalmanti, the great knight, / laid his hand on the cradle.
fi 2007 Esa Sariola fi Valtakirja 978-951-1-22151-7 7 Inkeri. Mitä varten niin pienellä tytöllä oli sellainen nimi? Minä tiesin, koska olin kysynyt. Inkeri. What for did such a young girl have a name like that? I knew, since I had asked that question.
Declension
Inker ä
Related terms
fi Inka
Statistics
dvv_20250813 1449 36724 320
References
Anagrams
fi eiiknr kirein kirien rekiin
Ingrian
Etymology
izh Uncertain: Possibly named after Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden. Alternatively, from the river Izhora Inger (compare fi Inkere). Akin to fi Inkeri.
Pronunciation
In/keri
Proper noun
izh proper noun
izh region c/Russia Ingria
Declension
r r
Derived terms
izh inkerikko inkeroin inkerläin
References
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