Likely from Swedish konfekt. Compare Estonian kompvek, which went through similar phonological changes while borrowing from German Konfekt.
There is a common folk story and myth regarding the etymology of the word stating that the word is a misinterpretation of the French combien? (“how much?”) as meaning "candy", being stated by a French trader in the context of trading sweets.
kompiainen (dialectal)
Inflection of kompiainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kompiainen | kompiaiset | |
genitive | kompiaisen | kompiaisten kompiaisien | |
partitive | kompiaista | kompiaisia | |
illative | kompiaiseen | kompiaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kompiainen | kompiaiset | |
accusative | nom. | kompiainen | kompiaiset |
gen. | kompiaisen | ||
genitive | kompiaisen | kompiaisten kompiaisien | |
partitive | kompiaista | kompiaisia | |
inessive | kompiaisessa | kompiaisissa | |
elative | kompiaisesta | kompiaisista | |
illative | kompiaiseen | kompiaisiin | |
adessive | kompiaisella | kompiaisilla | |
ablative | kompiaiselta | kompiaisilta | |
allative | kompiaiselle | kompiaisille | |
essive | kompiaisena | kompiaisina | |
translative | kompiaiseksi | kompiaisiksi | |
abessive | kompiaisetta | kompiaisitta | |
instructive | — | kompiaisin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |