Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tahko

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 1 edit

Probably shortened from *tahkokivi, a compound of *tahko (see Etymology 2) + *kivi.

Noun edit

*tahko

  1. whetstone
  2. grindstone
    Synonym: *pöörä
Inflection edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Finno-Permic *taškɜ, whence Proto-Permic *tu̇š.

Noun edit

*tahko

  1. edge
  2. side
Inflection edit
Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • tahk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1634 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tahko”, 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