Estonian
From the Baltics
Estonian refers to the people, language, or culture of Estonia, a Baltic country on the northeastern coast of Europe.
The Estonian language belongs to the Finno-Ugric family, related to Finnish rather than to its Slavic or Baltic neighbors.
As a noun, an Estonian is a person from Estonia: My grandmother was Estonian.
Language of Finland
- Finno-UgricLanguage family including Finnish
- HungarianCentral European language
- SamiIndigenous Arctic Scandinavians
- agglutinativeMorphemes chained, roots intact
cases · grammar · cognates · loanwords · proto-language · linguistics
Saltwater body, not ocean
- coastLand beside the ocean
- gulfPartially enclosed sea
- TallinnEstonia's main city
- RigaLatvian capital city
Latvia · Lithuania · amber · maritime · Hanseatic · archipelago · ferry · port
Vocal music-making
- midsummerPeak of warm months
- bonfireLarge outdoor fire
- saunaHeated room for sweating
- handicraftsManually created decorative objects
folklore · traditions · kama · juniper · choir
Scattered population sharing origins
- exileBanishment from homeland
- SovietOf the USSR
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- independenceFreedom from external control
citizenship · identity · minority · Nordic · population · emigration · repatriation · ancestry
Baltistan's native people
- cobblestoneRiver-smoothed paving stone
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- spiresTapering architectural towers
Finnish
Language of Finland
- Finno-UgricLanguage family including Finnish
- HungarianCentral European language
- SamiIndigenous Arctic Scandinavians
agglutinative · cases · grammar · cognates · loanwords · proto-language · linguistics
sea
Saltwater body, not ocean
Riga · Latvia · Lithuania · amber · maritime · Hanseatic · archipelago · ferry · port · Nordic
singing
Vocal music-making
handicrafts · folklore · traditions · kama · juniper · choir
diaspora
Scattered population sharing origins
- exileBanishment from homeland
- SovietOf the USSR
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
independence · citizenship · identity · minority · Nordic · population · emigration · repatriation · ancestry · roots
Balti
Baltistan's native people
- cobblestoneRiver-smoothed paving stone
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- spiresTapering architectural towers
- Eurasian LanguagesTurkish, Mongolian, Korean, Japanese, Kazakh
- Finnic languagesFinnish
- Uralic LanguagesFinnish, Hungarian, Moksha, Magyar, Finno-Ugric
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French
- European LanguagesGerman, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
- European peoplesGermans, Italians, Greeks, French, Poles
EstonianRussian
Eastern Slavic language
Slavic · Indo-European · Latvian · Lithuanian · Polish
EstonianRussian
Eastern Slavic language
Soviet · Belarusian · occupied · imperial