Swedish villages in Estonia



Vormsi, Estonia's fourth largest island (Swedish: Ormsö)
Vormsi, Estonia's fourth largest island (Swedish: Ormsö)




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  1. pri·mor·di·aladj.1. Being or happening first in sequence of time; primary; original.2. population is declared to have consisted of Finns–more specifically of Hame-Finns. The paper declares that “there are so many loan words [—] referring to the Finnish interior, that the large number of the names as such is evidence of the settlement history” (Pitkanen 2001 : 58). On the other hand, an attempt has been made to find connections with Estonian settlers. It is maintained (erroneously) that the idea of such connections would be based on names resembling each other in Estonia and Uusimaa, such as Karis in Uusimaa and Karja in Saaremaa, Porkala in Kirkkonummi and Purku in Rapla. It is followed by a reservation admitting that this type of evidence is uncertain and fragmentary frag·men·tar·y adj.Consisting of small, disconnected parts: a picture that emerges from fragmentary information.

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