etä-

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Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *etä, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ečkä, *ečä. Cognate with Moksha ичкозе (ičkoźe, far).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈetæ-/, [ˈe̞t̪æ-]

Prefix[edit]

etä-

  1. distant, remote, long-distance, far-off, remote, tele-, e-
    etäoppiminendistance learning
    etäsukukielidistantly related language
    etäkokousteleconference
    etätyöremote work
    etäopettajae-teacher

Inflection[edit]

The cases of etä- serve in Finnish only as adverbs.

Synonyms[edit]

  • (distant, remote, long-distance, far-off): kauko-

Derived terms[edit]

adjectives
adverbs
verbs
compounds

Related terms[edit]

  • See the inflection table.

Further reading[edit]