Thanks a lot, Lalli! :clink   THe Finnish is obviously a borrowing from a Germanic language, most likely Swedish.  Most likely pro-germanic language. Of course there's lots of Swedish borrowed words, but most oldest in well incororated loans are so old, that there were no swedish then. On example is 'market square'. Old loan is turku but swedish loan is tori. Turku is city of Finland but also stil known as market place.       Is there a different word for GIRL, or MAIDEN, however? The Komi word in the cute form NYVKA also means girl.   Girl is tyttö, maiden is neito or impi. NYVKA doesnät ring my bells.       again. What do you call berries in general ? Some other Komi berry words are VOTAS = berry, CHOD = blackberry, TURYPUV = cranberry.   berry= marja  blackberry =karhunvatukka (literally Bear's rasberry)   blueberry = mustikka  cranberry = puolukka       OSH = bear, is also slightly reminiscent of Latin Ursus. I dimly remember the Finnish being OSMO, or something similar?   Osmo means brave or young man sometimes wolverine but 'otso' is taboo word for bear, the real name of the beast. Not usen much even today. Karhu is most common, but        By the way, 'thankyou' is ATTYE in Komi. How is it in Suomi?   Simple 'kiitos'