Eerik
Estonian
Proper noun
Eerik
- a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eero, Ergo, Erik, Erki, or Erko, feminine equivalent Erika, equivalent to English Eric
Finnish
Etymology
From Old Norse Eiríkr. Brought to Finland as an Old Swedish saint's name in the Middle Ages. Cognate to Swedish Erik and English Eric.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eerik
- a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerikki, Eero, Erik, or Erkki, feminine equivalent Eerika, Eriika, or Erika, equivalent to English Eric
Usage notes
- This form is used to translate names of foreign kings. The more common given name forms are Eero and Erkki.
Declension
Inflection of Eerik (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Eerik | Eerikit | |
genitive | Eerikin | Eerikien Eerikeiden Eerikeitten | |
partitive | Eerikiä | Eerikeitä Eerikejä | |
illative | Eerikiin | Eerikeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Eerik | Eerikit | |
accusative | nom. | Eerik | Eerikit |
gen. | Eerikin | ||
genitive | Eerikin | Eerikien Eerikeiden Eerikeitten | |
partitive | Eerikiä | Eerikeitä Eerikejä | |
inessive | Eerikissä | Eerikeissä | |
elative | Eerikistä | Eerikeistä | |
illative | Eerikiin | Eerikeihin | |
adessive | Eerikillä | Eerikeillä | |
ablative | Eerikiltä | Eerikeiltä | |
allative | Eerikille | Eerikeille | |
essive | Eerikinä | Eerikeinä | |
translative | Eerikiksi | Eerikeiksi | |
abessive | Eerikittä | Eerikeittä | |
instructive | — | Eerikein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms
Categories:
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian male given names
- Estonian male given names from Old Norse
- Finnish terms derived from Old Norse
- Finnish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eːrik
- Rhymes:Finnish/eːrik/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish male given names from Old Norse
- Finnish paperi-type nominals