Balticism

English Etymology From en Baltic ism. Noun A word or other feature originating in a Baltic language that has been borrowed by another language, usually a Slavic or a Finnic one. en The History of the Lithuanian Language 52 Zigmas Zinkevičius 1996 There are some old Balticisms though they are difficult to differentiate from Lithuanian. en Population Genetics of Latvians in the Context of Admixture between North-Eastern European Ethnic Groups Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences 132 10.2478 Liāna Pliss Gunita Zariņa; Agrita Puzuka; Agnese Zariņa; Baiba Lāce; Didzis Elferts; Andrey Khrunin; Svetlana Limborska; Jānis Kļoviņš; Linda Gailīte Piekuse 2018 72 3 The influence of the Baltic languages on Finnish is evident. For instance, there are about 1.1% of Balticisms in modern Finnish. Translations word German: de Baltismus, de baltisches Lehnwort Latvian: lv baltisms m Lithuanian: lt baltizmas m Russian: ru балтизм en Language