The Names Of The Baltic Explained
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Nordic, Scandinavia, and Baltic Differences: www.quora.com/How-do-I-differ...
Baltic Unification: www.quora.com/Why-cant-Estoni...
The Baltic Assembly: www.baltasam.org/en/
Baltic On Etymonline: www.etymonline.com/word/baltic
Facts About Latvia: www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/de...
Latvia On Etymonline: www.etymonline.com/word/latvia
Latvia In Brief: web.archive.org/web/201211081...
Facts About Estonia: www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/de...
Estonia Etymology: www.iprayprayer.com/republic-...
Tallinn Etymology: www.estlandia.de/en/tourism-es...
Tallinn History: theculturetrip.com/europe/est...
Facts About Lithuania: mycountryeurope.com/culture/t...
Lithuania Etymology: www.etymonline.com/word/lithu...
Vilnius Etymology: regionai.stat.gov.lt/en/vilnia...
Užupis: www.bbc.com/travel/story/20181...
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We in Sweden call it Östersjön which means East Lake
For me it looks normal
Its east sea in finnish too "itämeri "
I Am From Latvia, Born And Raised, We Love Estonian People ANd We Love Lithuanians, We Are Friendliest Countries There Are, We made the biggest Human Chain In 1989, Year Before I Was Born In Latvia, Approximately two million people joined their hands to form a human chain spanning 675.5 kilometres (419.7 mi) across the three Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
KrisRaps and we will love each other until the end. We have so much history together that makes our bond unbreakable. I am myself proud Estonian here.
Love you too our Latvian and Estonian brothers, Lithuanian regards.
Love from Lithuania, we're always gonna hold those hands in a way ❤
same i'm from latvia too
@@aikachu3903 who cares?
Baltic Gang hasnt clicked on a video so fast
Lithuanian, reporting!
Baltic gang, Baltic gang, Baltic gang, Baltic gang,
Baltic gang, Baltic gang, Baltic gang, (Baltic gang!)
Spend ten racks on a new chain
My bitch love do cocaine, ooh
I fuck a bitch, I forgot her name
I can't buy a bitch no wedding ring
Rather go and buy Balmains
Latvia here
Estonia check
AAAYYYY LIETUVA
visited all three in the summer. wonderful gems of Europe. I have so much appreciation for their cultures and histories. Love to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from Taiwan!
"wonderful gems of Europe." If the UN and EU have their way wont be for long.
Thank you for your kind words. We're looking forward to your come back. Bring some friends too! 😉❤️
how's the coronavirus?
@@juri_tsom He is from Taiwan not China.
@@gunarsmiezis9321 There are people who have coronavirus in Taiwan too...
The rain thing in Lithuania is more like a national joke :) and this joke is starting to be not funny. we're kind of drowning here. the warmest winter in recorded history.
Same here in Latvia. I'm a bit pissed off, how there are short-lived winters. I remember, on the 20th of December, you could SUNBATHE, if it wasn't so cloudy. Now I can't work in this unstable environment.
We will never have a white Christmas again
Lithuanian from Netherlands. out there summers blazing hot, 40 degrees good sake. 2018 summer did burn grass to brown, did not see any green collor and 2019 summer i spend just half before leaving back to home it was 40C
It's like spain and Lithuania changing sides in Spain there is snow in Lithuania not like w t f
there is no snow in Lithuania like it used to be.😭
Estonian here. I would like to clarify/add some things.
- Tallinn comes from Taani linn, meaning Danish town (or castle - linnus), but that comes from the medieval name of Lindanise, aka Danish town, so that name has stuck over the centuries.
Reval was the cities name from its founding in 1219 until Estonias independence in 1918. This came from the old Estonian name for the northern part of Harju county - Rävala.
The name Tallinn was chosen for the city, because it was the only name for it, that exclusively Estonians had used historically (first written mention in the 16. century).
- The name Aesti was used to inspire the name Eesti (Estonia), because it was up for grabs and the Estonians had never had a name for themselves, as they were previously only adressed as "maarahvas" aka "country folk".
-The Baltic countries get along very well, and there is certainly no negativity between Estonians and Lithuanians. The only negative stigma comes from the word "Baltic", as Estonia has far greater cultural ties to Sweden, Denmark and Finnland. The Baltic states do have some cultural similarities though, which come mostly from them being next to each other for, well, always.
-People always mention, how Estonia is the smallest Baltic state, but they never mention it being the most advanced. Tallinn is also on of the cleanest capital cities, which makes traveling a bit biased :P.
- The Livonian people, one of the closest linguistic siblings to the Estonians, are almost extinct. They used to inhabit all of Southern Estonia, Northern Latvia, and most of the Latvian coastline, including Riga. Today there are only a few native speakers left, who live at the tip of Curonia, but Latvia has officially declared them "native people", meaning that they get a lot of support, and you can even learn Livonian at the University of Riga. Historically though, Livonia may also refer to all of modern day Estonia and Latvia, as they were ruled by the so called Livonian order during medieval times.
- The Latvian name for Estonia is "Igaunija", which comes from the old Estonian tribe of Ugandi, who used to conduct raids into Latgallian lands.
- The Livonian name for Riga is Rigõ, and the Estonian name for Riga is Riia.
- The Estonian name for the Baltic sea is Läänemeri, meaning western sea.
- The Estonian name for the UK is Ühendkuningriik, or ÜK. England is Inglismaa, Scotland Šotimaa (Shotimaa), and Ireland is Iirimaa.
- The Baltic states aka Baltimaad in Estonian are: Eesti, Läti, Leedu.
Thank you/Aitäh for this cool video. Its always nice to see my home mentioned. I just felt like someone might care for some useless info, so here you go! If you have any questions regarding Estonia, feel free to ask!
Rafael Carl Floehr I appreciate you taking the time to type all this out. I’d like to visit the Baltic states sometime. Jesus Christ be with you friend!😊
@IdkGoodName Vilius Like I said, this comes from the old Estonian tribe of Ugandi, who the latgallians had a lot of contact with. This is similar to how the Finnish name for Estonia is "Viro", deriving from the Virumaa area in Northern Estonia.
Lithuania just never had that much direct contact with a specific group of Estonians, leading to the simple name.
Cheers to Leedu, friend!
@IdkGoodName Vilius Cool!
Baltijas juura looks a bit weird to me, as the Estonian word "jura" means junk :P
@Mehmet Akif Aydoğdu Latvia and Lithuania have about 1/3rd of their population being Russians. Many of them are not even citizens but residents with Russian citizenship, a holdover from Tsarist and Soviet resettlement (or rather deportation of the locals) days. They usually live near the Russian border, with towns like Narva being nearly 90% Russian and Dauvgapils in Latvia being 50% Russian. Integration depends on how willing and able they are to learn the local language, knowing Estonian/Latvian is compulsory to gain full citizenship and thus there is a divide of sorts.
In Lithuania Russians are only 5% of the population but Russian popular culture is widespread and the language is often used to substitute for Lithuanian words especially swear words and terms that are rather soft in Lithuanian. Russian terms are often used such as "rajon" (district). Lithuanians are rather proud of their language however and might not openly agree.
@Mehmet Akif Aydoğdu Out of the 1.3 milion people in Estonia, around 300 000 of them are russians. Most of them are very poorly integrated, as the majority doesnt even speak Estonian, and they go to Russian language schools. There is a stigma around them, mostly because people are annoyed about them living in Estonia, but not contributing to the country at all, as a lot of them dont even have a proper passport.
The reason for why these Russians are here, is that the Soviet Union brought a lot of them in during the 50s and 60s, to work in the eastern industrial areas. A lot of them were also brought in, to generally lower the percentage of the population, that is Estonian, in hopes to fully integrate Estonia into Russia. These people are leftovers from the Soviet era, who have mostly not even made a Estonian passport.
in japanese these three countries are sometimes called バルト三国, “the three countries of balt”
you mean bait for the russians`?
I find it kinda funny we're not called baltics in Japanese, we're just
*_b a l t_*
@@Jannik69420 YO YO YO CHILL
Very cool man
Fun fact; we call the baltic sea in Finland "Itämeri", which means the east sea, which is weird that the sea is in the west for us. Must be just translated from swedish.
Yes, it is a Swedish loanword.
Yeah in Norway we call it "Østersjøen" or the eastern sea
In Estonia we call it ``Läänemeri``, which translates to the ``Westsea``
True. In Swedish it is Östersjön. Literally The East-Sea.
You should get rid of that vestige of Swedish colonialism and start calling it West Sea as well.
Don't worry, Finland is included in the term _fennoscandia._
Finland is west Mongolia.
Finland is separated from Mongolia by only single country. Europe should be worried.
Also in Baltoscandia! (Look it up, it's an interesting concept! :D )
@@user-dc2hs9lt2m I get it's a meme but the mongols never even came close to Finland
@@wardeni4806 homeland of Finns is Southeast Asia. Their ancestors came from there. In addition, the most famous Finnish sniper Simo looks like a Mongol.
Warm greetings from Finland to all our Baltic brothers and sisters!
I love Finland ❤️
@@Crimson19977
There are so many things wrong in this video I don't even know where to start. First of all, Livonian language was randomly placed on the map where it never had been. Livonian language existed in North-western and cental (todays) Latvian coast. A simple googleing would have helped on that. Second thing, no one in Baltic states thinks that Estonia-Latvia-Lithuania should unite. That is only a thing that Americans and other poorly informed foreigners think when they read "3 Baltic countries". Latvians and Lithuanians have similar cultures and speak similar languages languages while Estonians and Finns have similar cultures and speaks also similar languages. Estonian and Finnish literaly belong to a different language group than the rest of Europe. Uniting Baltic states means that Latvian and Lithuania might want to unite, but the only country Estonia might be willing to unite is Finland. Uniting with other Baltic states is so unacceptable in Estonia that it is completely out of the question here. The only reason why Baltic states seem to be friendly and similar to each other is the wars fought with Russia. Before WW2 Baltic States weren't that friendly and "united". The thing that brought as together was the struggle for independence and shared genocide and sufferings brought on us by the Russians in the late 20th century. To be honest today Baltic States really are friendly with each other and we have some big shared institutions and festivals, but these things are mostly because it's practical for us, not because we want to unite. Saying that Baltic States might want to unite is like saying that maybe Italy-Austria-Croatia might want to unite. There's no logic behind that statement. Also in Estonia we call Baltic sea "west sea" (Läänemeri) and for example in Võro language (type of Southern-Estonian) "west/evening sea" (õdagumeri).
Yea, why he even brought up uniting them is beyond me. I guess to uneducated people it looks like "there's 3 countries of roughly similar size next to each other, so that must mean they are the same and must unite". They don't even share the same history, Estonia and half of Latvia was under Swedish empire, while Lithuania was under Poland-Lithuania Commonwealth. Estonian language is unrelated to Latvian or Lithuanian. It's like saying "Ireland, UK and France must unite into a single West European state, but only UK is thinking about it". It just sounds dumb.
There is a reason the eesti call the Gulf of Rīga the Gulf of Līvi, they lived on its shores.
"brought on us by the Russians in the late 20th century." Was Ļeņin russian? No. Was Trotskij russian? No. Was Staļin Russian? No. Stop blaiming russian for the crimes of [redacted].
@@M0rtanius Latvija was split between the Sweeden, PLC and Russia.
Very good explanation! The president of Estonia once said very wisely, that Baltic states doesn't exist. And I agree. We share only common and similar history, but only from 1919.
@@gunarsmiezis9321 it's typical, retarded and cowardly manipulations of kremlin. "green men" in eastern ukraine wasn't russians also.
The Latvian flag has a pretty cool story. A warchief had been mortally wounded in a battle against foreign invaders. His men put him onto a white sheet, where he bled out. Once they moved the warchief they found that the sheet was red, except for the part, in which the warchief had laid, which remained white.
"Baltics" = from name "balts", an lingo-cultural group, that includes latvians and lithuanians (both languages are BALTIC).
But not Estonians so that criteria doesn't work
Ja esi Latvietis nospied like šim komentāram 🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻
Latvian here. Just want to clarify some things. Both Latvian and Lithuanian are really similar to Proto-Indo-European and thus notably to Sanskrit. Latvian and Lithuanian are very close languages (with enough thought, we can translate what the other language says) and also our culture is very similar. The same could also relate to the now extinct Prussians. The Balto-Slavic branch should be separated into independent branches, since Baltic and Slavic languages don't actually have that many similarities and is actually an old propaganda by the Soviet Union, which used to claim that the Baltic languages are just Slavic languages with German language attributes. Also, I think you should have mentioned that 'Baltic' is related to the white color, which in turn was used to describe water by the Proto-Indo-Europeans, which would make sense, if you keep in mind that both Latvia and Lithuania are just big swamps. And Rīga was named after the small Rīdziņa river, which used to flow next to Daugava river, but was later filled in as the city expanded
"with enough thought, we can translate what the other language says" A lot of time for translation. I once went to reddit to talk to some lietuvieši about place names and if you guest the meaning you would almost always be wrong, if you took tenst of minutes per word you would be right 90% of the time.
"The Balto-Slavic branch should be separated into independent branches" No they should be understood as 1 the slavic branch.
"Rīdziņa" Its still there to an extent as trough the sewage drains it does empty in to the chanel by the freedom monument.
@@gunarsmiezis9321 just in case you're not trolling, the Baltic people and the Baltic languages are completely separate from any other kind of Indo-European language or people. There is no common ancestor between Baltic and Slavic languages other than Proto-Indo-European. Baltic languages came from Proto-Baltic, which came from Proto-Indo-European, while Slavic languages came from Proto-Slavic, which also came from Proto-Indo-European. There are also no cultural similarities between Slavic and Baltic people. And you have to be quite slow to spend that much time figuring out what Lithuanian words correspond to which Latvian words. Use Latgalian as the middle language while translating, since it's more similar to Lithuanian than Latvian.
@@gunarsmiezis9321 Gunar, pietiek dzert.
Vai tevi sauc Jonatans?? :)
@@hugoboss917 Es nekad nedzeru alkoholu.
It doesn’t look like the center of europe to you? Are you forgetting how incredibly huge even the european portion of russia is?
Petfama there are like 7 other nations to claim to be the center of Europe so eehh
@@crazydragy4233 The most scientific and precise calculations however are done by French geographist.
@@fidenemini111 and what it says, that center is in france? :D
@@VM-hl8ms Lithuania
Many people are confused by european union and europe thats why most think that balts are eastern europe
As a lithuanian i can say this information about my country is a bit false.
As latvian as well, bullshit
A BIT?
then why not point out what exactly is so false in here? :)
@@VM-hl8ms too many to point out
@@ne_tavo_gyvenimas8013 well, you must mention at least one, or else you look like you don't know what you are talking about.
Given that you mentioned that Riga is called "Paris of the North" , I'd like to point out that pre-WWII Vilnius has the Jewish nickname of "The Jerusalem of Litta" (Litta being Yiddish for Lithuania and surrounding areas), as before the Holocaust, Vilnius had a high Jewish population, which was known for producing a lot of Religious scholars . Also, in that context, Vilnius is still referred to by its Yiddish name, Vilna.
Vilna had the highest percentage of Jewish population of any city in Europe prior to WWII. Very sad the horrible things that happened there. :(
Pyongyang was also known as The Jerusalem Of The East (due to a large number of Christians there) until the three fat Kimmies showed up to seize power.
@@tylerbozinovski4624 Nice name.
@@archenema6792 You are right :(
Lietuvos Lietuvos bc there used to be a lot of jewish people and government actually defended them. until 1940
Lithuania: 'I'm Balticus'
Latvia: 'I'm Balticus'
Estonia: 'I'm Balticus'
Finland: .....
Estonia actually isn't Baltic. Estonia and Finland are Finnic.
1918-1940 balticus too.
Why are you laughing about my and neighbour countries
I am Latvian so you shouldn't make memes about it
@@carleryk wen lithuanians and latvians say "estonia is baltic" they do not mean that you are balts (like we). we are taught in schools that estonians are fino-ugric peoples.
@@VM-hl8ms What do you mean then? For instance, a lot of foreign newsagencies write that "Estonia is a Baltic nation" when in reality we're Finnic nation.
You seem to have missed the elephant in the room: the Soviet Union. What unites these countries despite their linguistic or cultural differences is that all three were taken by force into the Soviet Union in the 1920s and were the first to break out as they were in many ways the least, um, eager to be part of that political union. Had Finland been absorbed and made into the 15th republic of the USSR, I'm pretty sure we'd consider it one of the Baltic States as well. This is fairly important in the history of these countries, and I'm surprised you didn't mention it at all. Though I have about a minute remaining in the clip...
Oh that.
In 1920 they still had out independace wars going.
They where anaxed by the USSR in 1940 and gladly greeted the germans as liberators in 1941, when the red army returned many many people fled to Sweeden and West Germany, and then to USA.
@@gunarsmiezis9321 Thank you for correcting my typo (or maybe my brain freeze!). You are, of course, correct on the dates.
@Jose Raul Miguens Cruz Thanks! Sorry about the typo and the broad generalization of the nature of the events which have happened aince. It was the first this topic was mentioned, so I didn't know how far into the material we'd gone. Nah, I'm kidding. It wasn't intentional. I just typed it out from what I remembered, and after all, I'm an old man whose memory is on the way out, You're correct on all points mentioned. Peace.
@Yaroslav L fighting to preserve all life on earth what!?!
Fun fact, the Ž is pronounced like the Js in French, or the S in words like “vision.”
a high intelligent comment.
srsly Pisaus kokias 10min kad parašyčiau kažka panašaus ir nieko nesugalvojau
Bet man atrodo nera sunku pazet i IPS lentele tarimo ir issiaiskint kaip tariasi. Nekazkokia mandarinu kalba visgi :/
@Prototyp_devense isn’t that like č not ž?
@@Crimson19977 Č is spelled like chess, vision is definetly ž
@@crazydragy4233 mandarinu xd
"The north of Europe is a cold-butt-interesting part of the world"
You are damn right!
The average temperature of westernmost Lithuania is 7 Celsius. There is a lot of sunshine and the summer is warm and dry. I grow grapes there.
Rīga was named after a river when it was founded before the northern crusade. If I remember correctly it doesn't exist anymore due to the city's expansion
at least we didn't rape Daugava yet
@@henrijs1733 what is that even supposed to mean???
The river is still there, it goes into the Gulf of Riga
@@SantomPh it's not there anymore
In Scotland Baltic is used to indicate how cold the weather is,
1:"is it cold"
2:"its baltic".
We are called baltics because of the baltic tribes with their own culture
No. There weren't any "Baltic" tribes. The tribes were called "Aisčiai" and later on got named Baltic because of the Baltic Sea.
@@zzap4922 there were a lot of tribes aisciai was only one of them but you are not wrong.
@@tautvydasabartis8011 Aisčiai was not one of them. Every Baltic tribe got summarized under one name "Aisčiai" by a roman historian Tacitus.
@@zzap4922 from witch of the Baltics are you?
@@dinonoobster4460 Lithuania
Užupis has an army of 69 men less than Liechtenstein at the end of the Austro-Prussian War
Nice
Nice
nice
Nice
Is 69 on purpose?
4:36 _Oh my god, Patrick has legs_
No wonder he has them hidden...........
The legs are a paid actor
I think that nowadays what brings the Baltic countries together nowadays is that all 3 of us are small nations that share a somewhat similar history.
"That's enough of being sad for Finland"
- unknown Moscow general, 29th November 1939
Well technically Sweden owned Estonia for much longer than Germany and Denmark combined, so i don't know why you didn't mention us.
I think he mentioned Germany and Denmark cus they had more influence in Estonian culture and language
@@joikgirl yeah, no, they didn't
@@cheesemachine2100 then tell us how big of an impact Sweden had on Estonia
Well Sweden did teach most of Estonians to read and Estonians didn't forget that skill when Russia took over and in that time it was rare to find a country where so many people could read. Also University of Tartu.
martinn patrick The Swedish language influenced Estonian, and in Estonia, the time of Swedish rule is considered the "golden age". The Swedes influenced their culture, teaches them how to read and write, built the first university etc. The Swedes had a great impacts on them, as well as Latvia and Finland.
In German we call the Baltic "Das Baltikum", which has a very Latin ring to it. Very ancient and classy 💁🏻♂️😂
Also, we call the Baltic sea, the "East sea". I've heard that Estonians, on the other hand, obviousoy call it the "West sea". Oh you just mentioned that. I shouldn't comment before the video is finished 😅😅😅
The Dutch also call it the Oostzee
And in the "Deutschlandlied" the Baltic Sea is called "Der Belt.
All the Germanic languages' name for Baltic Sea is "East Sea" (except for English), and Finnish loaned the name for Baltic from Swedes and in Finnish they name Baltic "East Sea", though the Baltic is west and south from them.
@@Terrus_38 makeameri would be better name for it 😂as it is less salty then other seas
larrywave Yes xD
It is quite interesting that all three nations have unique languages and history. The best example is Latvia`s capital Riga. Riga have unique architecture , and mixed cultures . If you would spend few days in Riga , you would definetely understand what I am talking about. I think Estonia have biggest impact from Scandinavia and Finland and Germany , there is very obvious that they are protestants , also you could see some elements left from CCCP . Personally I think that Lithuania is most concervative comparing all three Baltic states. Lithuania also have impact from Poland and CCCP. Last thing what I would like to say that all three sisters love each other , beside we have some jokes about each other.
7:28 As an Estonian, I can confirm "Taani linn" means Danish City, but the winter and farmstead part is wrong, the Estonian word for winter is "Talv" and farm in Estonian is "Talu" so I can kinda see why people could mix those up, all three words start with "ta"
I don't need to be subscribed to this channel because you always seem to upload right when I come online. Thank you for your considerate approach :)
FYI - historically Finland was always considered as the 4th Baltic nation but because of the Soviet occupation in Baltics, Finland kind of rebranded himself into Nordics.
7:45 Pretty sure Tallinn had been part of Sweden as well.
David Wittberg Yep, for the longest time, and had the most influence.
Swedish period lasted about 150 years. Estonia and Latvia were ruled by Baltic-Germans for 700 years during both the Swedish and Russian periods.
www.wikiwand.com/en/Estonia_under_Swedish_rule
There used to be a tribe in the east of modern Lithuania during that was called Lithuania so its unlikely that it has anything to do with shores and its proven that it does actually have nothing to do with rain. In other words a the name of lithuania is a mistery.
Name Lietuva come from creek Lietauka
@@henrii811 The first time the word lithuania was mentioned was 1009 I think it said basicly a priest was killed in lithuania. There are no prior mentions of lithuania in writen text before that. Also I think you mean the Aesti who were balts who lived in Prussia and were named by the some Roman explorer.
Actually historians debate that name Lithuania is in relation to rain or any other water based meaning. Before Lithuanian lands were united in a middle of 13th century by king Mindaugas there were separate territories governed by dukes (a part of it was Latgalia Latvian origin tribe, not to mention that ‘galas’ similar to ending -galia in Lithuanian language means end). It is considered that one part of Baltic land belonged to warriors based tribe that called themselves Leiciai. Due to the fact that ancient Lithuanian history was mainly written by germans, because of the wars with Teutonic order (Lithuanian written language did not exist at that time) -ei (Leiciai) were changed/removed into -ith (Lithuania). Therefore the name Lithuania means warriors tribe name. It also makes sense, because term and name Lithuania was first used in Annals of Quedlinburd in 1009AD after Lithuanian warriors fights Teutonic order at their border and kills the bishop..
The word Baltic is very similar to the greek word for swamp, Baltos (Va-ltos)
Actualy Lithuania has many swamps our Airport is build on a swamp land it's for military tactics. Lithuanian Language is part of Ancient Greek language also Latin and Classic Indian. That's why u noticed similar to Greek language word.
Thanks a lot for this video! I myself am from Estonia
Funny, I’m wearing a shirt that’s a recreation of the Lithuanian 1992 Olympic basketball team’s jersey.
Wow, those are beautiful countries!
And some of Europe's countries I know the least about!
Very informative, Patrick
Denmark is also on the Baltic, don't you forget about Bornholm.
4:50 im a latgalian and I can say, we're on a verge of extinction :D
nobody:
Estonia: I am not baltic
Latvia and Lithuania: unfortunately for you history will not see it that way
What history though? Estonia shares a lot with Latvia, but certainly not with Lithuania.
Trust me here in Baltija we very much see Estonia as 1 with the Finland not one of us.
eksiarvamus and Latvia shares a lot with Lithuania. Im pretty sure this whole thing is cuz of Soviet Union....
Fun fact about names that you missed, here in Finland Estonia is known as Viro, which derives from the historical name for the north-eastern county of Estonia, Virumaa. Also, Estonians are here called virolaiset (virunians?) in similar fashion. As far as I'm aware, this is an unique quirk that only finnish has, even the Sami people call Estonia some variant of the land of the Aesti.
Well, I live in Estonia, and luckily some Estonians have already written some comments. So, I would add that the term "Baltic Sea" is an English term for English people. The Swedes call it the "Eastern Sea" or Östersjön and the Estonians call it the "Western Sea" or Läänemeri. Also, we don't really care for the term "Baltic" as we are not part of the Baltic language group, from which the name is most closely related to in modern day. What they should do is come up with a name for the Estonia-Finland region, since we have sister languages. Also sometimes people call us "eastern" even though we are central and further north than Denmark.
Great vid! :D
I visited Riga and Tallinn few years a go. Man i can say felt like home lol. Beautiful towns friedly and nice peoples. Definelty coming back for a trip around baltic countrys again some day. Fun fact: every town i visited at the trip felt like i am in Lithuania just a different town haha. Cheers for Baltics. Hugs from Lithuania. :]
never seen any of your videos with quite so many mistakes conserning most of the content :/
Finland is where every home has a sauna and a hydraulic press. You know, for entertainment.
Thank you for the beautiful information and respect to Baltic counties ❤ from South Korea
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Love the Baltics. I'm English/Irish but feel an affinity for the three countries.
Weeeeee. Finally an episode on Lithuania. Thank you
I can't believe I suggested Latvia when my great-grandparents came from Lithuania. Thanks for doing my topic, though! This one-quarter Lithuanian is pleased!
Fun fact: The word "Baltic" sounds like "swampy" in greek
as a matter of fact that is not far from reality since all of these contries had a lot of swamps and they still have many until these days. P.S. I am Lithuanian.
How come I've never heard this theory from anyone before? It is very plausible when you think about it. All 3 countries are rich of swamps
Interesting. Our lands are literally litered in swamps and forests and while Baltic relates to the Latvian-Lithuanian word balts/baltas it still does not makes much sense and in folklore no one refered to themselves as "Balts" It could very much be name given to us by someone like Greeks, Romans or Germans. As a matter of fact term Baltic is recorded first to be used by Adam of Bremen but no one knows where he got the name himself.
Well it is quite swampy here, In one of the Lithuanian dialects any body of water smaller then a lake is called a swamp.
Not far from truth
Don't forget Lithuania as a country was founded at a different location than where it currently is. So the name could very well have something to do with the coast.
The name still probably comes from what Romans wrote as there was no form of writing for 100s of years compared to other European places
Actually Lithuania was formed in current Lithuania in middle of the country to be precise.
@@crazydragy4233 Encient Greeks mentioned tribes living in current Baltic area first. Nothing to do with Latin language as well as tribe called them selfs `Lietuviai` before Romans came to the area.
@@MagnusLeS Erm, I guess I misspoke. My history is rusty xd
Kartai įdomu pagalvot ką žinotume jei baltai būtų rašę :d
I am from Latvija, thank you for making a video about the Baltics. Us Latvians respect the other 2 Baltics.
8:58 that shore area was loaned to Lithuania by Latvia because Lithuania wanted access to the sea so they traded some portions of land that now belong to Latvia,although the time limit on the loan has long passed and Latvia wants its land back.
How to remember the order of the countries on the Scandinavian peninsula (not including Russia):
Finland - Furthest inland (if you know what I mean)
Sweden - Squished in (between)
Norway - Norway's just f*cking there okay, far left, get it, not that hard,
Charlotte Weitzel Norway - coast of Sweden and the armour from tsunamis.
the german missionaries that settled there got the name for Riga from the Riga river that used to flow through the old town but was a few centuries later buried due to it also working as a city trash sewer.
So sad to hear...
5:00 (Not to be confused with the fictional Letterland)
Great video as always! It's always cool to see these guys referenced, since they don't get a lot of media attention.
As always, a nifty video in which to learn new things. And your voice is so calming. Jesus Christ be with you friends!😊
Coincidentally there was a TED-Ed video about Viking Ships that paddled/sailed around this region.
No sht
In Icelandic, we call the Baltic Sea “Eystrasalt”, literally meaning “Eastern Salt”, and the word “Sjór” (sea) isn’t included, as the “Salt” is referring to it being a sea
Mmm yes extra salt please
Palli Orri whitest shiet
DEA
Hmm? Care to elaborate?
Finland and Estonia are Finnic countries. Latvia and Lithuania are Baltic countries. Sweden, Norway and Denmark are Germanic countries.
Thank you for this video about Baltic countries.
Riga is named after a river which was there
Baltic comes from the board game Monopoly with Baltic Avenue.
Glad I could help out.
lol I saw it
The information is artistically and entertainingly presented as usual. Have thought sometimes of the Baltic countries as being Slavic and sometimes I’ve thought of them as being Nordic. 🤔 Thanks for clearing that up. 🙏
I shit you not - i searched this question 2 days before this video was released. Thank you!
Should have also mentioned (Old) Prussia though. (RIP Prussia...)
The Prussian Commie Slayer yeah, I live in the region, where Old Prussians used to live centuries ago (today it's part of Poland). Nowadays kind of forgotten place, but just like all three Baltic states it’s quite mysterious and has a very interesting history.
@@0zem here in Lithuania old Prussian Language exist.
Here in Lithuania old Prussian Language exist.
@@ugnikalnis See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Prussians
6:55 you could say the same about prussia and old prussia
Hi, a Lithuanian here. So I came across an article from one of the doctors of Vilnius University where he talks about the origin of the name of the Baltic sea. Long story short, although it is thought that the word 'Baltic' came into existence in XIX century when for scientific reasons Lithuanian, Latvian and Prussian languages needed to be grouped into one branch, the term 'Baltic' however was already known to ancient Greeks. There are sources such as Gaius Plinius Secundus Maior 'Naturalis historia' where in the fourth book a word 'Balciam' comes across: 'Xenophon Lampsacenus a litore Scytharum tridui navigatione insulam esse inmensae magnitudinis Balciam tradit, eandem Pytheas Basiliam nominat.' but later in his 37th book a different name is used fir the region. Appearantely, this whole region seemed to the greeks as a huge island back then and they described it specifically as the region where lots of amber is found on shores and well, so it turns out that most of the amber the waves bring mainly to southern and eastern shores of the Baltic sea region.
Fun fact: until the soviet occupation, Finland was often considered a baltic state.
Actually it's called the Baltic countries, because ancestors of Lithuania and Latvia were known as baltic tribes. Estonia was put in to this group, because of the similar history
i don't feel sorry for Finland, but for little Eesti… she wants into nordic, but can't…
Because she doesn't want to do anything that makes the Nordic countries Nordic... Welfare state, gay rights, green energy... Estonia doesn't have any of that, just wants to be called Nordic for the prestige
Nordic are only Viking countries. Germanic culture and language.
Finns and Estonians belong to Uralic (Finno-Permian) culture and language.
@@M0rtanius Just because our country isn't filled to the brim with refugees, does not mean, that we don't have all of those, that you listed. I am very happy here in Estonia and wouldn't want to move out of here. Do you honestly think the LGBTQ community is under attack here like in Russia? No. We are the most developed and Western ex-Soviet country (as much as I hate using the term "ex-Soviet, I had to mention it)
Goodbye from an ethnically Swedish person in Estonia!
@@EggertPlays EExit
Here i.postimg.cc/jjwN4M9G/Latviesu-Dialektu.png look at form where the main and official language branches out, its Zemgale not Latgale.
The country group names only make sense to people far away from them. Close neighbours refer to the individual countries but distant people are more likely to know the location of the group than one of the countries inside. Baltic is a pretty abvious name choice too. It wasn't taken yet and one way to make it even easier to remember a location is to connect it to a natural landmark.
Greedings from Lithuania :)
Sveikinimai iš Lietuvos :)
Sveicieni no Latvijas
Matas cbb
Sveikas Matai !
Word "Balti" is also for a tribe that was settled in the baltic region.
Fun fact: Vilnius already existed before Gediminas(The guy who dreamed about the iron wolf) He went to the town and wrote a letter to the Pope and invited craftsmen,merchants to Vilnius. That means that he made Vilnius popular and thats why people say that Gediminas created the city.
Vilnia doesn't mean "to surge", the name is derived from the word "vilnis", which means "a wave", I don't think there is an accurate translation of the name "Vilnia", but I guess it would be something like "the one which produces waves", however, in Lithuanian there is another word which can mean "a wave", which is "banga". "banga" is used to describe bigger waves, while "vilnis" can be used to describe a smaller one, or even a ripple in the water, however both words can be used to describe waves interchangeably, but usually "vilnis" is used to describe smaller ones. Probably the incorrect translation "to surge" came from the fact, that in Lithuanian "banga" can mean "electromagnetic wave", while "vilnis" can not, and because electromagnetic wave graphs can show a surge in something (power, strength, etc.), the true meaning was lost in translation.
Edit: or maybe the incorrect translation came from the fact that rivers can surge as mentioned in the video.
Edit 2: Vilnia river also used to be called "Vilnelė" aswell, and "Vilnelė" literally translates to "a little wave".
Oh interesting, vilnis and bangas have the same names and meanings in latvian!:)
Why is it named Baltic sea even though Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Estonia call it the Eastern sea? I dont know, do you?
Interesting question, although Estonians call it the West Sea or Läänemeri.
I can see why it is hard to imagine Lithuania as the center of Europe as in our political world it is mostly defined by the countries west of Russia. But do consider that Russia is a significant part of the actual continent of Europe, as it only ends at the Ural.
Th0rodin honestly though, theres a bunch of other countries claiming to have the geographical centre of europe, and its all bs. Who even actually cares. Its jsut another thing for politicians to jizz about. Theres so many things like that in diplomacy and they’re ridiculous.
I seriously don’t get why it matters to anyone
Lithuanian name theories:
1.From word "lietus", "lyti", which means to rain, can also mean to flow.
2. From the river "Lietava"
3. From the word "Leičiai", who were the grand duke service people who basically acted as their secretaries or helping people, they would pay the tolls for the duke, collect taxes and do general help work, feed the horses, etc.
yes, but theyre only theories.
Kinda fun fact ?
People usually don’t see how Lithuania can be in the centre of Europe. It was actually discovered by connecting the most northern part of Europe with the southern and the eastern with the western. Then you get a cross like figure who’s connecting point is in Lithuania.
From my knowledge (or rather remnants of it), in Latvia there is a widely perceived theory of the origins of Rīga. It was founded in 1201 by German Teutonic Order missionaries at the mouth of river Rīdziņa that flew into river Daugava (today it's splitting modern day city right in the middle). Rīdziņa is grammatically deminitative in Latvian language to Rīga. So city was named that.
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Today river Rīdziņa does not exist anymore due growth and construction of city around it's original site - today known as Vecrīga (Old Rīga), ie. historic old city (or town, if you apply todays standards lol).
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Hopefully that was informative.
Not by germans
They came and took over then kind of built by germans
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The area around Riga was inhabited by Livonians back then, and the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia mentions "place of Riga", "hill of Riga" even before the city was established. So, most likely that name has Livonian origin, whatever the meaning could be.
Rīdzenes upe was really small and insignificant river and You really can't tell who got it's name first - Riga from the river or river from the city itself.
Fun facts lithuania first escaped soviets and then everyone folowed 🤗 btw i adore latvia it feels so close to me just thinking that our languges came from one and that its easyer to understand and learn for us warms my heart❤❤❤
Fun fact lithuania and poland had a HUGE "contry'' that aculy was the bigest in europe as well as protected europe from arabs or islamic big population at that time.
And lithuania aculy fought all europe exsept latvia at one point in history.
Fun fact: the baltic sea while being called east sea by germans and the like, is called Läänemeri in estonianm which translates to literally "west sea"
im latvian and this winter has had only like an inch of snow combined
Wait what!? I lived in lithuania my whole life and Im living in vilnius right now and there is like 0 information about Uzupis being its own thing. I am so baffled as to why this is a thing, but it's honestly hilarious!
AwkwardFeline o dieve, aš irgi pirmą kartą apie Užupy išgirdau per šituos video xd . Tiesiog wow
This was the first thing I learned when I lived in Vilnius for 1.5 years. Granted, I was living in Uzupis. But still! It's quite a big tourist attraction and Uzupis is always throwing big parties (like on St Patrick's Day). And the sign before you cross the bridge into Uzupis says: Užupio Res Publika
@@zedxyle it's like an act of art, or project, so people who are not into those things quite often miss the point completely. :)
Do a video on Lithuanian people names youll find them to be interasting
Max nebespank kaimieti
Thank you
Wish you also covered Kaliningrad (Konigsberg), cause it's also historically and geographically connected to the baltics
Sweden also calls it the east sea
Its also called that in finnish (itämeri) because of swedish influence on finnish and all that stuff.
Same in danish
Finally!!! I have waited for a long time for this. On thing, Estonians don't like Russian because from 1940- 1991 we were under USSR communist regime.
Eesti on hea maa, tere Soomest.
@@turkoositerapsidi tervitused Eestist tagasi
I think there are such tensions in All baltic countries :”d
@@crazydragy4233 i don't know really but i must agree. There is something but i can't but my finger on it.
Is there any nation that like Russians?
nice, thanks.
One of the main hypothesis of the name Lietuva origins could be from the Lithuanian word Leičiai, which means special military guards of grand duke, who was a special social group in early middle ages or even from older related term Leičija. Also other possible version could be just the modified name of small river Lietava (Lieti also means puor water). This small river is not far from Kernavė, the core area of the early Lithuanian state and a possible first capital of the would-be Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The version of ,, land of rain" is more likely is just a popular today myth.