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etä-

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Finnish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈetæ-/, [ˈe̞t̪æ-]

Prefix

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etä-

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

Inflection

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

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adjectives
adverbs
verbs
compounds
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  • See the inflection table.

Further reading

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