morsian

From Proto-Finnic *morcijan, borrowed from Baltic; compare Lithuanian marti (“daughter-in-law”), Old Prussian mārtjan (“bride, sister-in-law”). Cognates in other Finnic languages include Estonian mõrsja (“bride”), Ingrian morssia (“bride”), Karelian moršien (“bride”), Veps murzei (“bride, sister-in-law”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmorsiɑn/, [ˈmo̞rs̠iɑ̝n]
• Rhymes: -orsiɑn
• Hyphenation^(key): mor‧si‧an

morsian

1. bride (woman in the context of her own wedding)
2. fiancée (woman who is engaged to be married)

• (fiancée): kihlakumppani, kihlattu, morsmaikku

• “morsian”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• sormina