keski-

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *keski, from Proto-Finno-Permic *keske. Cognates include Estonian kesk- and Moksha кеска (keska, “waist”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkeski-/, [ˈk̟e̞s̠k̟i-]

Prefix

keski-

middle, central; average, mid-, medium
Keski-Suomi ― Central Finland

Keski-Eurooppa ― Central Europe

Keskilänsi ― Midwest

keskipainoinen ― middleweight

keskitulo ― average income

keskiviikko ― Wednesday (literally, “midweek”)

Veikko oli keskipituinen mies.
Veikko was a man of medium height.

Inflection

Declension of keski-

noun case	singular	plural	adverbial form	singular	plural
nominative	keski-	–	superessive	–	–
genitive	–	–	delative	–	–
partitive	(keskeä)	–	sublative	–	–
accusative	–	–	lative	–	–
inessive	–	–	temporal	–	–
elative	–	–	causative	–	–
illative	–	–	multiplicative	–	–
adessive	keskellä	–	distributive	–	–
ablative	keskeltä	–	temp. dist.	–	–
allative	keskelle	–	prolative	keskitse	–
essive	keskenään	–	situative	–	–
translative	–	–	oppositive	–	–
abessive	–	–
instructive	kesken	–
comitative	–	–

The cases of keski- serve only as adverbs.

Derived terms

adjectives

adverbs

nouns

proper nouns

Keskinen

verbs

Related terms

See the inflection table.

Further reading

“keski-”, 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 2 July 2023

Anagrams

keksi, sekki

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *keski-. Cognates include Finnish keski- and Estonian kesk-.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkeski-/, [ˈke̞s̠kʲ-]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkeski-/, [ˈke̞ʃki-]

Prefix

keski-

mid-

Derived terms

Ingrian terms prefixed with keski-

Related terms

keskeel, keskenää

References

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 159