• The name Finn is an ethnonym that in ancient times usually referred to the Sámi peoples, but now refers almost exclusively to the Finns. The probable cognates...
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  • a citizen of Finland Finn (ethnonym), an ethnonym for multiple Northern European peoples Finn Lake, Minnesota, United States Finn Township, Logan County...
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    suggests that the proto-Sámi and Proto-Finns had a lifestyle more akin to Tacitus' description. Finn (ethnonym) Finnic Sitones Finningia Tacitus G.46...
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  • interpretation associates this ethnonym with fen in a more toponymical approach. Yet another theory postulates that the words Finn and Kven are cognates. The...
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  • Demonym (section Ethnonyms)
    territorially defined groups of people, demonyms are semantically different from ethnonyms (names of ethnic groups). In the English language, there are many polysemic...
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    interpretations associate the ethnonym "Finns" with fen in a more toponymical approach. Yet another theory postulates that the words finn and kven are cognates...
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    Chukhna (category Baltic Finns)
    term for some Finnic peoples: Finns, Estonians, Karelians, Ingrian Finns. It is thought to be a derivative from the ethnonym Chud. The 18th century Linguarum...
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  • Ethnonymic surnames are surnames or bynames that originate from ethnonyms. They may originate from nicknames based on the descent of a person from a given...
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    The Volga Finns are a historical group of peoples living in the vicinity of the Volga, who speak Uralic languages. Their modern representatives are the...
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    Mordvins (category Volga Finns)
    to Mordvinians as a whole, he must use the term "Erzia and Moksha" The ethnonym Mordva is possibly attested in Jordanes' Getica in the form of Mordens...
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