Reconstruction:Thracian/talkas

This Thracian 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.

Thracian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *telk- (“to thrust, strike”). Cognate with Old East Slavic толочу (toloču, “to hit, to push, to step”), Russian толо́чь (tolóčʹ), толку́ (tolkú, “to push, to step”), Latvian nuôtalcît (“to beat”), Bulgarian тласкам (tlaskam, “to push”).

Noun

*talkas

1. striker, pusher

Derived terms

• *Sitalkas
• *Rumētalkas