List of English words of Finnish origin
Rather few
words of Finnish origin have entered other languages, the language being a net importer of words.
Finnish has loaned a bare handful of words to the
English language specifically. The best known example is
sauna, and many would argue that
sauna even is the only
loanword in the English language that is used outside of the context of
Finland or the
Finnish culture. There are more words in specialist fields; the
motti military tactic,
rapakivi granite in geology,
aapa mire (a
marsh type) in biology, and the
puukko knife.
There are also words of Uralic origin, not necessarily directly from Finnish, for example, "whale" ←
Proto-Uralic "fish" (compare Finnish "kala" (fish) and "valas" (whale)).
The expression "
Molotov cocktail" ('Molotovin koktaili' in Finnish) was coined by Finns in the
Winter War.
*
List of English words of Sami origin*
Finno-Ugric languages* http://homepage.univie.ac.at/Johanna.Laakso/joens.html (not in English)
* http://home.swipnet.se/nordling/Saami.html (not in English)
