Kymi

kymi Finnish Etymology fi. The name is connected to the word fi kymi big river, but this has likely developed from the name rather than the other way around. First attested as sv Kymmene (1443), gmq-osw Kymin (1458). Koivulehto (1987) suggests borrowing from gem-pro *kwēmijaz easily accessible or passable.Koivulehto, Jorma. Namn som kan tolkas urgermanskt, in Klassiska problem inom finlandssvensk ortnamnsforskning. Studier i nordisk filologi 67 (1987). pp. 27–42 While Heikkilä (2014) agrees with this etymology,Mikko K. Heikkilä, Bidrag till Fennoskandiens språkliga förhistoria i tid och rum (2014). pp. 255–259, 263–266 Rahkonen (2013) considers it unlikely for semantic reasons and considers the word as ultimately being a variant of fi Kemi, which he derives from urj-fpr-pro *käme through a substrate.Rahkonen, Pauli. Suomen etymologisesti läpinäkymätöntä vesistönimistöä. Virittäjä 1/2013. pp. 23—24. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Kymijoki fi former municipality r/Kymenlaakso c/Finland; merged with Kotka in 1977. Declension sg Kym ä Derived terms fi compounds Kymenlaakso Kymijoki fi kymi Related terms fi Kemi, fi Kemiö, fi Kiminki possibly Descendants 1 1 sv Kymmene (+ sv mynne minne ~ mynne mouth (of a river))Schalin, Johan. Namnet Kymmene. In Per Urales ad Orientem. Iter polyphonicum multilingue: Festskrift tillägnad Juha Janhunen på hans sextioårsdag den 12 februari 2012, 389-398. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia, 2012. References