kompiainen
Finnish
Etymology
Likely from Swedish konfekt. Compare Estonian kompvek, which went through similar phonological changes while borrowing from German Konfekt.
There is a common folk story and myth regarding the etymology of the word stating that the word is a misinterpretation of the French combien? (“how much?”) as meaning "candy", being stated by a French trader in the context of trading sweets.
Noun
kompiainen
- (dialectal, Oulu region) candy
Declension
| Inflection of kompiainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kompiainen | kompiaiset | |
| genitive | kompiaisen | kompiaisten kompiaisien | |
| partitive | kompiaista | kompiaisia | |
| illative | kompiaiseen | kompiaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kompiainen | kompiaiset | |
| accusative | nom. | kompiainen | kompiaiset |
| gen. | kompiaisen | ||
| genitive | kompiaisen | kompiaisten kompiaisien | |
| partitive | kompiaista | kompiaisia | |
| inessive | kompiaisessa | kompiaisissa | |
| elative | kompiaisesta | kompiaisista | |
| illative | kompiaiseen | kompiaisiin | |
| adessive | kompiaisella | kompiaisilla | |
| ablative | kompiaiselta | kompiaisilta | |
| allative | kompiaiselle | kompiaisille | |
| essive | kompiaisena | kompiaisina | |
| translative | kompiaiseksi | kompiaisiksi | |
| instructive | — | kompiaisin | |
| abessive | kompiaisetta | kompiaisitta | |
| comitative | — | kompiaisineen | |