erittäin
Finnish
Etymology
eri + -ttäin. Equivalently, from the second infinitive instructive of erittää (“to specify”) (standard erittäen), and erittäin is very likely one of the prototypes for the -ttain suffix in general. Semantic evolution seems to run from senses 3-to-2-to-1.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeritːæi̯n/, [ˈe̞rit̪ːæi̯n]
- Rhymes: -eritːæin
- Syllabification(key): e‧rit‧täin
Adverb
erittäin (not comparable)
- very, extremely
- (dated) in particular, particularly
- Synonym: erityisesti
- (rare) Synonym of eritellen (“specifying, allocating”).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “erittäin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *eri (“away”) + -ttäin. Akin to Finnish erittäin.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈeritːæi̯n/, [ˈe̞ritːən]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈeritːæi̯n/, [ˈe̞ritːæi̯n]
- Rhymes: -eritːæi̯n
- Hyphenation: e‧rit‧täin
Related terms
- See eri
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 35
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