Thomsiboms

Hello,
i just learned that the finnish word for 'the Netherlands' is alankomaat. Does anybody know the etymology of alankomaat, or where online i can find it?
I speak no finnish whatsoever

(What does Käännösapua mean by the way?)

Cheers, thanks
Thomsiboms

Hevosnaama

I'm no philologist, but I'll give it a shot with my amazing deductive capabilities. Since alanko is a lowland and maat is lands, one might argue that Alankomaat is something like The Lowlands. Sounds awful, but makes sense since a big portion of the Netherlands is below sea level.

Käännösapua means "help for translating".

Sincerely,
Hevosnaama and the dying horses of the circus on wheels

Nadine

Hello,

I think Hevosnaama has got it right, because "Nederland" means "low land", litterally !

Nadine

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Thomsiboms

Thank you, Hevosnaama.

And 'Netherlands' indeed translates into 'lowlands', so your translation is not unsensible at all.

Cheers, thanks!