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Browse 311,364 Finnic runosong lemmas through 25 semantic domains and 40,057 English keywords — from Family & Kinship to Metals, Magic & Sacred, and Marriage Rituals.
The thesaurus index groups Finnic lemmas into 25 semantic domains (e.g., Family & Kinship, Metals, Magic). Each domain has a pre-computed top-80 lemma list with an English gloss. Clicking a gloss in Column 2 drills into the full list of lemmas for that English keyword (which may include lemmas from neighbouring domains).
Browse the 311,364-lemma Finnic runosong corpus by 25 semantic domains and 40,057 English keywords — from Family & Kinship to Metals, Magic & Sacred, and Marriage Rituals.
| Lemma | English | Language | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| neiu | maiden | Both | 37,902 |
| lapsi | child | Finnish | 30,265 |
| veli | brother | Both | 29,701 |
| ema | mother | Both | 25,903 |
| emo | mother | Both | 21,723 |
| vend | brother | Both | 20,535 |
| isa | father | Both | 18,052 |
| neito | maiden | Finnish | 16,166 |
| laps | child | Both | 13,609 |
| tütar | daughter | Both | 13,443 |
| isä | father | Finnish | 12,121 |
| poeg | son | Both | 11,784 |
| õde | sister | Both | 11,144 |
| tytär | daughter | Finnish | 8,050 |
| taat | father | Both | 7,301 |
| vaimo | wife | Finnish | 6,832 |
| ämm | mother-in-law | Both | 6,762 |
| sõsar | sister | Both | 6,658 |
| äiti | mother | Finnish | 6,399 |
| sulho | groom | Finnish | 6,107 |
| äi | father-in-law's | Both | 5,926 |
| pere | family | Both | 5,310 |
| veikko | brother | Finnish | 4,781 |
| neiti | maiden | Finnish | 4,675 |
| neitonen | maiden | Both | 4,472 |
| morsian | bride | Finnish | 4,149 |
| minia | daughter-in-law | Both | 3,948 |
| memm | mother | Both | 3,570 |
| neitsyt | maiden | Finnish | 3,372 |
| neitsi | maiden | Estonian | 3,334 |
| mamma | mother | Both | 3,224 |
| vello | brother | Both | 3,194 |
| pruut | bride | Estonian | 3,060 |
| siso | sister | Finnish | 2,922 |
| emä | mother | Finnish | 2,752 |
| suku | family | Both | 2,653 |
| nadu | sister-in-law | Both | 2,605 |
| vävy | son-in-law | Finnish | 2,591 |
| sulhanen | groom | Finnish | 2,458 |
| emake | dear mother | Estonian | 2,407 |
| küdi | son-in-law | Estonian | 2,368 |
| vennake | little brother | Estonian | 2,367 |
| anoppi | mother-in-law | Finnish | 2,279 |
| kuul | kin | Both | 2,273 |
| taadike | little father | Estonian | 2,263 |
| leski | widow | Finnish | 2,227 |
| peretütar | family daughter | Estonian | 2,217 |
| impi | maiden | Finnish | 2,146 |
| sugu | kin | Both | 2,146 |
| sisko | sister | Finnish | 2,086 |
| taatto | father | Finnish | 2,081 |
| täti | aunt | Finnish | 2,046 |
| peiukene | little groom | Estonian | 1,811 |
| emonen | little mother | Finnish | 1,727 |
| eno | uncle | Finnish | 1,724 |
| noorik | bride | Estonian | 1,604 |
| mõrsja | bride | Estonian | 1,603 |
| vaenelaps | poor child | Estonian | 1,547 |
| lats | child-like | Estonian | 1,537 |
| appi | father-in-law | Finnish | 1,522 |
| taata | father | Finnish | 1,392 |
| emakene | dear mother | Estonian | 1,387 |
| maama | mother | Both | 1,300 |
| peigmees | groom | Both | 1,196 |
| miniä | daughter-in-law | Finnish | 1,132 |
| onu | uncle | Estonian | 1,114 |
| piiga | maiden | Estonian | 1,111 |
| vaari | grandfather | Finnish | 1,087 |
| perepoeg | family son | Estonian | 1,076 |
| peiupoiss | groom-boy | Estonian | 955 |
| käli | sister-in-law | Estonian | 936 |
| veikkonen | my little brother | Finnish | 907 |
| tädi | aunt | Estonian | 896 |
| pereema | to family mother | Estonian | 876 |
| lesk | widow | Both | 869 |
| perhe | family | Finnish | 858 |
| pojakene | little son | Estonian | 851 |
| pereisa | to family father | Estonian | 840 |
| vennanaine | brother's wife | Estonian | 809 |
| talutütar | farm daughter | Estonian | 797 |
This is a static summary — the full, searchable dataset is in the interactive explorer above.