Editing Finnish markka (section)

==Etymology==
The name "markka" was based on a medieval unit of weight. Both "markka" and "penni" are similar to words used in Germany for that country's former currency, based on the same etymological roots as the [[Deutsche Mark]] and [[pfennig]].

Although the word "markka" predates the currency by several centuries, the currency was established before being named "markka". A competition was held for its name, and some of the other entries included "{{Langr|fi|sataikko}}" (meaning "having a hundred parts"), "{{Langr|fi|omena}}" (apple) and "{{Langr|fi|suomo}}" (from "{{Langr|fi|Suomi}}", the Finnish name for Finland).<ref name="kuusterä">Kuusterä, Antti: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070609155615/http://video.helsinki.fi/media-arkisto/Studia/25102001a.htm Oravannahasta sirukorttiin - jäähyväiset markalle]. Accessed on 14 September 2012.</ref>

The Finnish language does not use plurals when referring to multiple markkaa, but [[partitive case|partitive]] singular forms: ''"10 markkaa"'' and ''"10 penniä"'' (the nominative is ''penni''). In Swedish, the singular and plural forms of "mark" and "penni" are the same.

===Nicknames===
When the euro replaced the markka, {{Lang|fi|mummonmarkka}} ({{literal translation|grandma's markka}}, sometimes shortened to just {{Lang|fi|mummo}}) became a new colloquial term for the old currency. The sometimes used "old markka" can be misleading, since it can also be used to refer to the pre-1963 markka. In [[Helsinki slang]], the sum of a hundred markkaa was traditionally called a {{Lang|fi|huge}} [hu.ge] (from Swedish {{Lang|sv|hundra}} for "hundred"). After the 1963 reform, this name was used for one new markka.