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Suontee
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Finnish
fi:
Etymology
From fi *Suontee(n)järvi. According to SPNK, perhaps derived from fi suoni (compare fi Suonenjoki). Rahkonen (2013) instead proposes that it derives via fi smi from earlier urj-pro *sonta bent, curved (compare krl šonto, perhaps also fi sonnustaa).Rahkonen, Pauli. Suomen etymologisesti läpinäkymätöntä vesistönimistöä. Virittäjä 1/2013. p. 21–22.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi lake c/Finland
Declension
sg Suontee a
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