Lemminkäinen

• Lemminki

Borrowed from Finnish Lemminkäinen, a proper name derived from lempi (“love”) from Proto-Finnic *lempi.

Lemminkäinen

1. (Finnic mythology, literary, poetic) Lemminkäinen of Kalevala; a young handsome charming but aloof legendary Hero of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala.

• Ahti Saarelainen
• Kaukomieli

• Kaukamoinen
• Kauko

Derived from lempi (“love”) +‎ -käinen, owing to the character's keen interest in the opposite sex.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlemːiŋkæi̯nen/, [ˈle̞mːiŋˌkæi̯ne̞n]
• Rhymes: -æinen
• Syllabification^(key): Lem‧min‧käi‧nen

Lemminkäinen

1. (Finnic mythology) A hero and one of the central characters in Kalevala, the national epic of Finland.
   • 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 12:1-6:

     Siitä Ahti Lemminkäinen, / Tuo on kaunis kaukolainen, / Aina aikoja eleli / Nuoren neitosen keralla: / Ei itse sotia käynyt / Eikä Kyllikki kyleä.

     Then that Ahti, Lemminkäinen, / He the handsome man far-minded, / For a time lived pleasantly / With his young bride by his side; / He did not go off to war, / Nor Kylli to the village rompings.

• Ahti Saarelainen
• Kaukomieli

• Kaukamoinen
• Kauko