From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Finno-Ugric *jelkä or *jälke. *<span class="searchmatch">jälki</span> trace, mark track, trail Inflection of *<span class="searchmatch">jälki</span> Estonian: jälg Finnish: <span class="searchmatch">jälki</span> Ingrian: <span class="searchmatch">jälki</span>; <span class="searchmatch">jälki</span>- Karelian:...
*jelkä trace, footprint, mark Ugric: Hungarian: jel <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Finnic</span>: *<span class="searchmatch">jälki</span> (see there for further descendants) Entry #166 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological...
Unknown. Possibly a variant of the root in *<span class="searchmatch">jälki</span>. The superficial similarity to <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Mongolic *ǰerge, while noted, appears to be merely coincidental...