surma
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- A violent death, mainly used of humans.
- Personification of sudden death.
- (legal) Killing, voluntary manslaughter under mitigating circumstances.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *surma.
Origin
Proto-Finnic
*surma
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ase Finnish
- joukko Finnish
- joukkosurma Finnish
- salasurma Finnish
- surma-ase Finnish
- surmaaja Finnish
- surmata Finnish
- surmatyö Finnish
- surmauttaa Finnish
- veli Finnish
- velisurma Finnish
- poomissurm Estonian
- surm Estonian
- vabasurm Estonian
- *surma Proto-Finnic
- *surmat'ak Proto-Finnic
- surm Veps
- surm Livonian
- surma Votic