Kaleva
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- An obscure giant in Finnish mythology.
- taken into use after the publication of the Finnish national epic Kalevala; more popular in the form Kalevi.
- Finland's fifth-largest morning newspaper, published in Oulu.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *kalega.
Origin
Proto-Finnic
*kalega
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Kalevala Finnish
- Kalevanpoika Finnish
- kalevalainen Finnish
- kalevalamitta Finnish
- kalevanmiekka Finnish
- kalevantuli Finnish
- miekka Finnish
- poika Finnish
- tuli Finnish
- Kalevala Portuguese
- *kalega Proto-Finnic