Suomen ja viron johdostyyppien suhteista
On the relationship between derivative types in Finnish and Estonian

Summary/Abstract: Both in Finnish and in Estonian, the most frequent ways of word formation are compounding and derivation. %e role which derivation can play in the acquisition of the lexicon of a sister language has not received very much attention in the research of language teaching and learning. Yet, for Finns and Estonians learning each other’s language is facilitated by many shared derivative types; on the other hand, derivatives unknown to one’s mother tongue may cause di"culties. %is article deals with the relationships between derivative types in Standard Finnish and Standard Estonian. Finns learning Estonian or vice versa must pay attention to several characteristics of noun and verb derivation. Even if words formed with the same derivational su"x appear in both languages, the meanings of the derivatives need not be similar. Or even if the derivational suf- $xes are cognate and their functions are similar, the bases of the derivatives may belong to di&erent word classes.

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