Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.
*kauka-[1]
- long
- Synonym: *pitkä
From *kauka ("long"):
- Finnish: (obsolete, survives only in place-names) kauka, ⇒ kauko-
From *kaugan ("for a long time"):
From *kaugas ("far, far away"):
From *kaukana ("far away, afar"):
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kauka-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[1] (in Finnish)
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kauka-”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN