Lemminkäinen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Lemminkäinen of Kalevala; the young, handsome, charming, but aloof legendary hero of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Lemminkäinen Lemminki

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Lemminkäinen, a proper name derived from lempi (“love”) from Proto-Finnic *lempi.

Synonyms

Ahti Saarelainen Kaukomieli

Related words

Kaukamoinen Kauko
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