Surname
Vänskä
“a Swede”
Vänskä is a surname from Swedish. It is used in Finnish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vänskä goes back to Swedish svensk, meaning “a Swede.”
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How it developed
In Finnish usage, Vänskä as a surname developed from Svensk.
Vänskä’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Vänskä as a surname developed from the Swedish form Svensk.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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