vakka kantensa valitsee

Finnish

Etymology

vakka (“type of wooden container, bushel”) + kansi (“cap”) +‎ -nsa (“third person possessive suffix”) + valitsee (“chooses”). Attested in Henrik Florinus: Wanhain suomalaisten tawaliset ja suloiset sananlascut ("The Proper and Graceful Proverbs of the Old Finns", 1702): Kyllaͤ wacka candens walitze; wacan canſi candimens.

Proverb

vakka kantensa valitsee

  1. a man is known by the company he keeps (people are similar in character to their friends)
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