Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kolkka

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic edit

Etymology edit

Unknown.

Noun edit

*kolkka

  1. corner

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: (dialectal) kolk, kolgas
  • Finnish: kolkka
  • Ingrian: kolkka
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: (placename) Kūolka
  • Livvi: kolku
  • Võro: kolk
  • Votic: kolkkõ

Further reading edit

  • kolgas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kolkka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN