tonttu
Finnish
p
Definitions
- (folklore) A miniature mythical humanoid creature believed to live in the forests and in or near people's dwellings, similar to an elf or gnome.
- elf Santa's helper
- fool person with poor judgment or little intelligence
- (colloquial) thousand
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish tomte.
Origin
Swedish
tomte
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- joulu Finnish
- joulutonttu Finnish
- koti Finnish
- kotitonttu Finnish
- mylly Finnish
- myllytonttu Finnish
- puutarha Finnish
- puutarhatonttu Finnish
- sauna Finnish
- saunatonttu Finnish
- talli Finnish
- tallitonttu Finnish
- tonttuilla Finnish
- jultomte Swedish
- tomte Swedish