Keelesild-Kielisilta: eesti- ja soomekeelsete sõnade võrdlus II

 Hiljuti nägin YouTube’is ühte videot, milles väideti nagu oleks soome- ja eesti keeled pigem erinevad, kui sarnased. Kuna tegemist oli üsna suure YouTube’i kanaliga oli vastukaja sellele üsna negatiivne nii eestlaste, soomlaste kui ka teiste poolt, kes mõistavad meie keeli. Sellest sündis mul idee hakata erinevates valdkondades meie keelte sõnu võrdlema. Loomulikult on eesti- ja soome keeles mõned grammatilised ja sõnavaralised erinevused, muidu ei oleks need ju eraldi keeled, kuid leian siiski, et mõlema keele sarnasus üksteisele on suurem kui ühegi teise elava keelega. Seekord võrdleme põhielemente ja taevakehasid tähistavaid sõnu. Põhiasjad, mida tuleks meeles pidada on see, et soome k,p,t häälduvad eesti keeles g,b,d ning soome y ja eesti ü on täpselt sama täht, eesti keeles kasutatakse lihtsalt selle tähe saksa- ja rootsi varianti. Eesti keeles olevat õ tähte pole soome keeles, selle asemel kasutatakse o, e või a tähte (näiteks, eesti keeles on sõna tõde, soome keeles totta). 


I recently saw a video on YouTube that claimed that Finnish and Estonian languages were different rather than similar. Video had many comments as it was a rather large YouTube channel, but the response to it was quite negative by Estonians, Finns and others who understand our languages. This gave me the idea to start comparing the words of our languages. Of course, there are some grammatical and vocabulary differences in Estonian and Finnish, otherwise they would not be separate languages, but I find that the similarity of both languages to each other is greater than with any other living languages. This time we will compare the words of main elements and closest celestial bodies to the Earth. The basics that must be remembered are that Finnish letters k, p, t are pronounced g, b, d in Estonian and also that Finnish letter y and Estonian letter ü are pronounced exactly the same, Estonian just uses this letter’s German and Swedish variant. There is no õ letter in Finnish and o, e or a is usually used instead of õ (example: word truth in Estonian is tõde, and in Finnish totta).



EESTI KEEL / ESTONIAN

SUOMEN KIELI / FINNISH

MAA the Earth

From Proto-Uralic. Has multiple meanings, for example - land, country, ground, soil, property.

MAA the Earth

From Proto-Uralic. Has multiple meanings, for example - land, country, ground, soil, property, dirt.

TAEVAS the sky

Could be of Proto-Indo-Iranian origin (daivas, means heavenly and divine) or Proto-Baltic (deivas, means god) or Proto-Germanic (teiwaz, means god). Taivas is the North-Eastern Estonian dialect version of this word.

TAIVAS the sky

Could be of Proto-Indo-Iranian origin (daivas, means heavenly and divine) or Proto-Baltic (deivas, means god) or Proto-Germanic (teiwaz, means god).

VESI the water

Could be from Proto-Indo-European (wed) or Proto-Uralic.

VESI the water

Could be from Proto-Indo-European (wed) or Proto-Uralic.

TULI the fire

From Proto-Uralic. Related to word valgus which means light.

TULI the fire

From Proto-Uralic. Related to word valo which means light.

ÕHK the air

From Proto-Finnic. Derived from the word õhkama which has many meanings but one of them is to take a deep breath. Finnish word hehkua has similar meaning.

ILMA the air

From Proto-Finno-Ugric. This word has many meanings in both Finnish and Estonian (ilm), for example the world, weather, wind.

MAAILM the World

Literally: the Earth + weather/air. See more from maa and ilma.

MAAILMA the World

PÄIKE the Sun

Most probably is derived from word päev (päiva in Finnish) which means day in Estonian.

AURINKO the Sun

First word probably comes from Finnish word auvo (au is pride in Estonian) which means happiness. Second part of the word is similar to Estonian word ring which means circle (has Germanic origin).

KUU the Moon

From Proto-Uralic. Also means month.

KUU the Moon

From Proto-Uralic. Also means month.

TÄH(T)/ED the star/s

From Proto-Finnic-Volga. This word täht has many meanings besides star - letter, sign, official document.

TÄHTI/Ä the star/s

From Proto-Finnic-Volga. 


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