Sodankylä

English Proper noun en Q502175en municipality r/Lapland c/Finland. Translations municipality Finnish: fi Sodankylä Swedish: sv Sodankylä n Finnish fi: Etymology fi sodan gen kylä village. An association with fi sota war (genitive fi sodan) has been around since the 16th century in reference to Swedish and Russian disputes over taxation in the area, but the ultimate origin is more likely in a fi smi name (se Čoavvá); the -d- would then represent a hypercorrection (and, through association with fi sota, a folk etymology), as it is normally lost in the local Finnish dialects (i.e. fi Sovankylä was interpreted as coming from an earlier fi *Sodankylä). Pronunciation soDan-kylä Proper noun fi Sodankylä Q502175 Declension internal Sodankylä Sodankylässä sg Sodankyl ä Synonyms fi pyssykylä colloquial fi sodis slang Derived terms fi sodankyläläinen Descendants 1 en Sodankylä 1 sv Sodankylä References