pakkoruotsi

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • (education) The obligatory Swedish language taught in Finnish schools.

Etymology

Compound from Finnish pakko (forced, stump, compulsion, block of rotten wood, coercion) + Finnish ruotsi (Swedish, Swedish language).

Origin

Finnish

ruotsi

Gloss

Swedish, Swedish language

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms