Rannikko
/ˈrɑn.nik.ko/noun
The coast or shoreline of a sea, lake, or large body of water.
Did you know?Finnish rannikko is built on the same root as ranta (“shore”), and the -ikko suffix marks a place or area, so the word literally names the land of the shore itself.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Finnic
PF
*ranta
“shore, bank, edge of water”
Finnish
FI
ranta
“shore, bank, beach”
Finnish
FI
rannikko
“coast, coastline; the shore region”
Modern English
EN
coast
“the land next to the sea”