yhdyssana

yhdys- (“connected, combined, united”) +‎ sana (“word”). Coined by Finnish folklorist and linguist Daniel Europaeus in 1853.

• IPA^(key): /ˈyhdysˌsɑnɑ/, [ˈyçdys̠ˌs̠ɑ̝nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): yh‧dys‧sa‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): yhdys‧sana

yhdyssana

1. (grammar) compound, compound word (word composed of two or more stems, especially without additional morphological adaptation)

In Finnish, all compounds are spelled as closed compounds or hyphenated compounds (per the rules described here), never as open compounds. As a consequence, the term yhdyssana is sometimes mistaken to exclude the latter (despite the fact that they do exist in English), and open compounds may instead be - likewise mistakenly - referred to as sanaliitto, which in reality means “phrase”, “set phrase” or “fixed phrase”.

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• “yhdyssana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023