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Kerttu
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kerttu
Finnish
Etymology
Medieval vernacular form of fi sv Gertrud/fi de Gertrud, from fi goh - (spear + strength). Cognate with en Gertrude and et Kertu.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female
fi 1922 w:Anni Swan Pikkupappilassa 142 WSOY 1966 Lotti tenäsi koreita nimiä vastaan, ne olivat niin vaikeat lausua. Ja hänen paperinukkensa eivät olleet mitään ruhtinattaria tai sotapäälliköitä, ne olivat hänen omia pikkulapsiaan ja niillä piti olla pikkulasten nimet. Maija ja Kerttu ja Lassi ja Lilli. Lotti argued against overly flowery names, since they were so hard to pronounce. Her paper dolls were no princesses or warlords; they were her own children and they needed children's names. Maija and Kerttu and Lassi and Lilli.
Gretel the girl in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel
Declension
Ker tt t u a
Derived terms
fi kerttu Kerttuli
fi compounds leppäkerttu
Statistics
dvv_20250813 8085 3715 94
References
Anagrams
fi ekrttu kertut terkut
fi Fairy tale characters