Etymology
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Shortened from a river name *Pernjoki, from an old given name Pernu of Germanic origin (presumably from Proto-Germanic *Bernuharduz).[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈperniø/, [ˈpe̞rniø̞]
- Rhymes: -erniø
- Syllabification(key): Per‧ni‧ö
Proper noun
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Perniö
- A former municipality in Southwest Finland; now part of Salo.
- A village in the municipality of Salo.
Declension
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The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Perniö" is Perniössä.
References
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- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN